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The Great Hoggarty Diamond

The Great Hoggarty Diamond

Thackeray, William Makepeace

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Classic FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1161465006
ISBN13: 9781161465006
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.31 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Great Hoggarty Diamond is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1847. The story follows the Hoggarty family, particularly the patriarch, Mr. Hoggarty, as he becomes obsessed with acquiring a valuable diamond. As he pursues this goal, he neglects his family and business, leading to financial ruin and personal tragedy. The novel satirizes the greed and materialism of Victorian society, and explores themes of family, love, and the corrupting influence of wealth. Thackeray's signature wit and humor are on full display in this entertaining and thought-provoking work.First we went into lodgings, --into three sets in three weeks. We quarrelled with the first landlady, because my aunt vowed that she cut a slice off the leg of mutton which was served for our dinner; from the second lodgings we went because aunt vowed the maid would steal the candles; from the third we went because Aunt Hoggarty came down to breakfast the morning after our arrival with her face shockingly swelled and bitten by....This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work

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