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The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh
Thackeray, writing as Mr. M. A. Titmarsh, crosses from London Bridge to France and reports on Paris: its painters, gamblers, politics and stories.
"The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a collection of sketches, essays and tales of French life. It includes "An Invasion of France", "A Caution to Travellers", "The Fêtes of July", "On the French School of Painting", "A Gambler's Death", "Napoleon and His System" and "The Story of Mary Ancel".
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“Cæsar venit in Galliam summâ diligentiâ.”
About twelve o’clock, just as the bell of the packet is tolling a farewell to London Bridge, and warning off the blackguard-boys with the newspapers, who have been shoving Times, Herald, Penny Paul-Pry, Penny Satirist, Flare-up, and other abominations, into your face—just as the bell has tolled, and the Jews, strangers, people-taking-leave-of their families, and blackguard-boys aforesaid, are making a rush for the narrow plank which conducts from the paddle-box of the “Emerald” steamboat unto the quay—you perceive, staggering down Thames Street, those two hackney-coaches, for the arrival of which you have been praying, trembling, hoping, despairing, swearing—sw—, I beg your pardon, I believe the word is not used in polite company—and transpiring, for the last half-hour. Yes, at last, the two coaches draw near, and from thence an awful number of trunks, children, carpet-bags, nursery-maids, hat-boxes, band-boxes, bonnet-boxes, desks, cloaks, and an affectionate wife, are discharged on the quay.
Contents
- 01Dedicatory Letter
- 02Advertisement to the First Edition.
- 03An Invasion of France.
- 04A Caution to Travellers.
- 05The Fêtes of July.
- 06On the French School of Painting:
- 07The Painter’s Bargain.
- 08A Gambler’s Death.
- 09Napoleon and His System.
- 10On Prince Louis Napoleon’s Work.
- 11The Story of Mary Ancel.
- 12Beatrice Merger.
- 13Caricatures and Lithography in Paris.
- 14Little Poinsinet.
- 15The Devil’s Wager.
- 16Madame Sand and the New Apocalypse.
- 17The Case of Peytel:
- 18Four Imitations of Béranger
- 19Le Roi D’yvetot.
- 20The King of Brentford. Another Version.
- 21Le Grenier.
- 22The Garret.
- 23Roger-Bontemps.
- 24Jolly Jack.
- 25French Dramas and Melodramas.
- 26Meditations at Versailles.
About this edition
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 216 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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