The Fitz-Boodle Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/2823.html.images 219 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/2823.epub3.images 156 kB Send
to
kindle
email:

EPUB (older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/2823.epub.images 158 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/2823.epub.noimages 141 kB
Kindle https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/2823.kf8.images 281 kB
older Kindles https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/2823.kindle.images 269 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/2823.txt.utf-8 191 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2823/pg2823-h.zip 152 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
Title The Fitz-Boodle Papers
Note Reading ease score: 63.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger
Summary "The Fitz-Boodle Papers" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a satirical work that combines elements of autobiography and fiction, likely written in the early 19th century. The book is narrated by George Fitz-Boodle, a disillusioned gentleman who shares humorous anecdotes about his life, his social aspirations, and his unfortunate romantic entanglements, particularly focusing on his love for women and his passion for smoking. The opening of the narrative introduces George Fitz-Boodle, who expresses his boredom and despair over his financial woes following a streak of bad luck at whist against a skilled French player. He decides to write essays for a magazine as a way to fill his time and earn some money. Throughout the preface, he reflects on his reputation as a smoker, his tumultuous relationships with women, and his disdain for the literary crowd, whom he finds dull. Fitz-Boodle's charmingly self-deprecating tone and social observations set the stage for an exploration of his character and the eccentricities of the society around him. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Imaginary letters
Subject Satire, English
Category Text
EBook-No. 2823
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jan 27, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 100 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!