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The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
William Makepeace Thackeray
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"Hark ye, Blewitt. I know you to be one of the most infernal thieves and scoundrels unhung. If you attempt to hector with me, I will cane you; if you want more, I'll shoot you; if you meddle between me and Dawkins, I will do both. I know your whole life, you miserable swindler and coward. I know you have already won two hundred pounds of this lad, and want all. I will have half, or you never shall have a penny." It's quite true th. . . Read More
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The Funny Spelling stuff is mostly a slog, though there are some inventive ones. (Even the boring ones helped me figure out how characters in other novels who are not written in full dialect are supposed to be speaking their weird lines.) The miscellany at the end (Yellowplush writing a couple of re
Un récit assez amusant et caustique sur la société interlope des nobles ruinés mais sans doute moins drôle que ce que croit l’auteur.on sent beaucoup la volonté d’amuser mais on sourit finalement assez peu et assez superficiellement.
J’ai aussi eu un certain mal à m’identifier aux personnages, tous
I thought I would start Thackeray at the beginning and see how it goes: so far, so good. As a collection of magazine pieces, it was a bit uneven, but the main sequence was very enjoyable. The last section lost my interest slightly, but was probably more topical when the paper was printed. Normally,
I liked the parts concerning Dueceace but found the language a bit trying and sometimes over-the-top. The ending bit about the play review was a chore to get through. It's definitely not as good as Vanity Fair!