| Catherine by William Makepeace Thackeray, Fiction, Classics, Literary Contributor(s): Thackeray, William Makepeace (Author) |
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ISBN: 1463802226 ISBN-13: 9781463802226 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 202 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With this purpose, the author chose for the subject of his story a woman named Catherine Hayes, who was burned at Tyburn, in 1726, for the deliberate murder of her husband, under very revolting circumstances. Mr. Thackeray's aim obviously was to describe the career of this wretched woman and her associates with such fidelity to truth as to exhibit the danger and folly of investing such persons with heroic and romantic qualities. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thackeray, William Makepeace: - "William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) was a British novelist and author. He is known for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. Thackeray began as a satirist and parodist, writing works that displayed a sneaking fondness for roguish upstarts such as Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair and the title characters of The Luck of Barry Lyndon and Catherine. In his earliest works, written under such pseudonyms as Charles James Yellowplush, Michael Angelo Titmarsh and George Savage Fitz-Boodle, he tended towards savagery in his attacks on high society, military prowess, the institution of marriage and hypocrisy." |