The Yellowplush Papers (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by William Makepeace Thackeray

Overview

Charles James Yellowplush was just one of the outlandish pen-names of the young Thackeray. These five savage skewerings of society, chronicling the rising fortunes of a 19th-century footman employed by a scheming card-shark, remain classics of British comedy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411441798
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	03/01/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	268
File size:	199 KB

About the Author

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), a British satirical writer, also wrote magazine articles and travel books. His most devoted readers were lords and ladies, whom he satirized in his works. He is best known for his novels Vanity Fair and The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which skewer the pretensions of English high society.