與狄更斯齊名的薩克雷封筆之作:潘丹尼斯(套裝8冊(cè))
TheHistoryofPendennis:HisFortunesandMisfortunes,HisFriendsandHisGreatestEnemy(1848—1850)isanovelbytheEnglishauthorWilliamMakepeaceThackeray.Thenoveltooktwoyearsforhimtowrite.Setin19thcenturyLondon,England,thisnovelfeaturesayoungEnglishgentlemanArthurPendennisborninthecountrywhosetsouttoseekhisplaceinlifeandsociety.ThenovelportrayshisloveaffairswiththecallousBlancheAmoryandpoorFanny.Bothofthemmarryotherpeople,andPendennisfinallywedsLauraBell,hisadoptedsister,whohadalwayslovedhim.Thecharactersincludethesnobbishsocialhanger-onMajorPendennisandthetipsyCaptainCostigan.MissAmoryandSirFrancisClaveringaresomewhatreminiscentofBeckySharpandSirPittfromVanityFair.InlinewithotherThackeray'sworks,Pendennisoffersaninsightfulandsatiricpictureofhumancharacterandaristocraticsociety.ThemasterfulcharacterizationsincludethesnobbishMajorPendennisandthetipsyCaptainCostigan.
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