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20 de may. de 2024 · The play is done; the curtain drops, Slow falling to the prompter's bell: A moment yet the actor stops, And looks around, to say farewell. It is an irksome word and task; And, when he's laughed and said his say, He shows, as he removes the mask, A face that's anything but gay. One word, ere yet the evening ends, Let's close it with a parting rhyme, And pledge a hand to all young friends, As ...
12 de may. de 2024 · William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair: a Novel without a Hero (1848). The author’s middle name really was “Makepeace.” As the quote shows, he disliked those who would not.” ― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair. tags: satire. Read more ...
Hace 4 días · Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ⓘ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885), sometimes nicknamed the Ocean Man, was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).
22 de may. de 2024 · Resumen. Lectora voraz de novelas románticas, Emma ha incubado muchas ilusiones respecto del matrimonio y de la vida, de la que espera aventuras apasionadas y galantes. Ilusionada, la joven contrae matrimonio con Charles Bovary, médico de profesión. Sin embargo, la realidad será otra. Convertida en Madame Bovary, Emma se encuentra con un ...
15 de may. de 2024 · "The Rose and the Ring" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a whimsical and satirical fairy tale that delves into themes of vanity, ambition, and the ficklenes...
4 de may. de 2024 · In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Vanity Fair," which was written by William Makepeace Thackeray and first published in serialized form in 1847-1848. ...
Hace 1 día · In my reading about historical counterfactuals I do not recall ever running across the name of William Makepeace Thackeray, but as it happens he indulges in one at paragraph-length in the course of Vanity Fair as the Battle of Waterloo draws near. As he remarks, "[t]hose who like to lay down the History-book, and to speculate upon what MIGHT have happened in the world," may have wondered about ...
