Livres de William Makepeace Thackeray

A sharp social panorama centered on Becky Sharp, ambition, marriage markets, war, money, and moral performance.

Thackeray’s historical novel follows Henry Esmond through family secrets, political conflict, war, and the age of Queen Anne.

A satirical rise-and-fall narrative of an Irish adventurer chasing fortune, marriage, rank, and European glamour.

A Victorian coming-of-age novel about ambition, vanity, journalism, love, and self-knowledge.

A generous Victorian family chronicle of money, marriage, art, class, and moral feeling.

A witty anatomy of status-seeking, social vanity, inherited privilege, and the elaborate performance of respectability.