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Catherine [electronic resource]

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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

Title Catherine [electronic resource] / A Story / by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Publisher S.l. : The Floating Press
Creation Date 2010
Content Chapter I. Introducing to the reader the chief personages of this narrative -- Chapter II. In which are depicted the pleasures of a sentimental attachment -- Chapter III. In which a narcotic is administered, and a great deal of genteel society depicted -- Chapter IV. In which Mrs. Catherine becomes an honest woman again -- Chapter V. Contains Mr. Brock's autobiography, and other matters -- Chapter VI. Adventures of the Ambassador, Mr. Macshane -- Chapter VII. Which embraces a period of seven years -- Chapter VIII. Enumerates the accomplishments of Master Thomas Billings
introduces Brock as Doctor Wood
and announces the execution of Ensign Macshane -- Chapter IX. Interview between Count Galgenstein and Master Thomas Billings, when he informs the Count of his parentage -- Chapter X. Showing how Galgenstein and Mrs. Cat recognize each other in Marylebone Gardens
and how the Count drives her home in his carriage -- Chapter XI. Of some domestic quarrels, and the consequence thereof -- Chapter XII. Treats of love, and prepares for death -- Chapter XIII. Being a preparation for the end -- Chapter the last -- Another last chapter -- Endnotes.
Extent 1 online resource (1 v.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010716042305171
MARC RECORDS
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