| Author: | William Makepeace Thackeray | ISBN: | 9781775419884 |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press | Publication: | November 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | The Floating Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | William Makepeace Thackeray |
| ISBN: | 9781775419884 |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press |
| Publication: | November 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | The Floating Press |
| Language: | English |
Though he originally set out to depict criminals in as harshly accurate a light as possible, without the sentimentalization that he saw and disdained in Dickens' work, Thackeray's fictionalized account of the life of Catherine Hayes, an eighteenth-century woman who was burned at the stake for the murder of her husband, depicts the titular character in a somewhat more appealing and charming manner than the author intended. A must-read for fans of rollicking picaresque tales such as Moll Flanders.
Though he originally set out to depict criminals in as harshly accurate a light as possible, without the sentimentalization that he saw and disdained in Dickens' work, Thackeray's fictionalized account of the life of Catherine Hayes, an eighteenth-century woman who was burned at the stake for the murder of her husband, depicts the titular character in a somewhat more appealing and charming manner than the author intended. A must-read for fans of rollicking picaresque tales such as Moll Flanders.
