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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...always belonged to a person of her own degree. "At my father's death, I paid what debts I had contracted at college, and settled every shilling which remained to me in an annuity upon--upon those who bore my name, on condition that they should hide themselves away, and not assume it. They have kept that condition, as they would break it, for more money. If I had earned fame or reputation, that woman would have come to claim it: if 1 had made a name for myself, those-who had no right to it would have borne it; and I entered life at twenty, God help me--hopeless and rained beyond remission. 1 was the boyish victim of vulgar cheats, and, perhaps, it is only of late I have found out how hard--ah, how hard--it is to forgive them. I told you the moral before, Pen; and now I have told you the fable. Beware how you marry out of your degree. I was made for a better lot than this, I think: but God has awarded me this one--and so, you see, it is for me to look on, and see others successful and others happy, with a heart that shall be as little bitter as possible." "By Gad, sir," cried the Major, in high good-humor, "I intended you to marry Miss Laura here." "And, by Gad, Master Shallow, I owe you a thousand pound," Warrington said. "How d'ye mean a thousand? it was only a pony, sir," replied the Major simply, at which the other laughed. As for Helen, she was so delighted, that she started up, and said, "God bless you--God for ever bless you, Mr. Warrington;" and kissed both his hands, and ran up to Pen, and fell into his arms. "Yes, dearest mother," he said as he held her to him, and with a noble tenderness and emotion, embraced and forgave her. "I am innocent, and my dear, dear mother has done...
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About the Author
William Makepeace Thackeray was a nineteenth century English novelist who was most famous for his classic novel, Vanity Fair, a satirical portrait of English society. With an early career as a satirist and parodist, Thackeray shared a fondness for roguish characters that is evident in his early works such as Vanity Fair, The Luck of Barry Lyndon, and Catherine, and was ranked second only to Charles Dickens during the height of his career. In his later work, Thackeray transitioned from the satirical tone for which he was known to a more traditional Victorian narrative, the most notable of which is The History of Henry Esmond. Thackeray died in 1863.
John Leech (1817-1864) was a well regarded English caricaturist, whose works often appeared in Punch and the London News. An accomplished lithographer and engraver, Leech's illustrations illuminated the original edition of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
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