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1859. Vanity Fair is Thackeray's masterpiece, but he also showed great skill in writing historical fiction with fine attention to period manners and customs and a dispassionate sympathy for his character's actions. The Virginians details the lives of George and Harry Warrington, the grandsons... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Harry Warrington: Add a description of this character.
- George Warrington
- Dora
- Lady Maria
- Madam Esmond
- Miss Theo
- Miss Hetty
- Mr. Sampson
- Mrs. Lambert
- Madame Bernstein
- Lady Castlewood
- Madame De Bernstein
- Miles
- Jack
- Mr. Wolfe
- Mr. Draper
- Hal
- Mr. William
- Mr. Washington
- Mrs. Mountain
- Hagan
- Molly
- Baroness
- Mr. Johnson
- Maria Esmond
- Mr. Gumbo
- Mr. Ward
- Braddock
- James
Setting & Locations edit
- Virginia
- London
- England
- Heaven
- America
- Europe
- Oakhurst
- Kensington
- Richmond
- Tunbridge Wells
- New York
- Yarmouth
- Florac
- White Horse
- Canada
- France
- Quebec
- Norfolk
- Philadelphia
- Covent Garden
- Dean Street
- Bristol
- Carpezan
- Bond Street
- Hill Street
- Pennsylvania
- Scotland
- Newmarket
- Hampstead
- Lambeth
- Prussia
- Portsmouth
- Temple
- Mount Vernon
- Rome
- Paris
- Lord Chesterfield
- Charleston
- Bordeaux
- Pall Mall
First Sentence edit
ON the library wall of one of the most famous writers of America, there hang two crossed swords, which his relatives wore in the great War of Independence.
Authors & Contributors edit
- William Makepeace Thackeray (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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