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UNINA9910815890803321 |
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Thackeray William Makepeace <1811-1863.> |
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Titolo |
Catherine : a story / / William Makepeace Thackeray |
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[Auckland, New Zealand] : , : The Floating Press, , 1839 |
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2010 |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Executions and executioners |
Women murderers |
Biographical fiction |
Great Britain History Anne, 1702-1714 Fiction |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Title; Contents; 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 ExecutChapter 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 Recognise Each Other in Marylebone Gardens-And How the Count Drives Her Home in; 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 |
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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 |
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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... |
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UNISALENTO991001764049707536 |
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Autore |
Nappi, Antonio |
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Titolo |
Questioni di storia, teoria e pratica del servizio sociale italiano / Antonio Nappi |
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Formazione. Servizio sociale ; 14 |
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Servizio sociale - Italia |
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