http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2823.opds 2024-11-09T23:27:38Z The Fitz-Boodle Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray Free eBooks since 1971. Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org webmaster@gutenberg.org https://www.gutenberg.org/gutenberg/favicon.ico 25 1 2024-11-09T23:27:38Z The Fitz-Boodle Papers

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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.)

Author: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

EBook No.: 2823

Published: Mar 27, 2006

Downloads: 90

Language: English

Subject: Imaginary letters

Subject: Satire, English

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

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2024-11-09T23:27:38Z The Fitz-Boodle Papers

This edition has images.

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.)

Author: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

EBook No.: 2823

Published: Mar 27, 2006

Downloads: 90

Language: English

Subject: Imaginary letters

Subject: Satire, English

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

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