
by William Makepeace Thackeray - [Catherine, A Story by Ikey Solomons, Esq., Junior.]
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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCING TO THE READER THE CHIEF PERSONAGE 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.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (376K characters)
Release date
1999-11-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1811–1863
Best known for Vanity Fair, he wrote sharp, funny novels that expose ambition, snobbery, and the many little vanities of Victorian society. His stories still feel lively because their humor is matched by a clear-eyed understanding of human weakness.
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