The Fatal Boots, and Other Stories: A Rogue's Twelve Months
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
Ebook
55
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
About this ebook
Twelve months in the life of Bob Stubbs, a swindler with no talent for it, told by himself: the boots he never paid for at school follow him through the militia, a courtship, a debtor's prison and back. Thackeray wrote it for a comic annual, one chapter to a month, and it is the earliest sight of the voice he would use in Barry Lyndon — a scoundrel who thinks he is the injured party. Fifty-seven plates of Georgian and Victorian low life, from Hogarth's sharp-eyed satires to Morland's farmyards, keep the rogue's twelve months company in paint.
Twelve months in the life of Bob Stubbs, a swindler with no talent for it, told by himself: the boots he never paid for at school follow him through the militia, a courtship, a debtor's prison and back. Thackeray wrote it for a comic annual, one chapter to a month, and it is the earliest sight of...
Discover more
About the author
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) was an English novelist and satirist. He wrote for Punch and other periodicals, and published the novel Vanity Fair as a monthly serial from 1847 to 1848. His other works include The Luck of Barry Lyndon, The Newcomes, and The Rose and the Ring.
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) was an English novelist and satirist. He wrote for Punch and other periodicals, and published the novel Vanity Fair as a monthly serial from 1847 to 1848. His other works include The Luck of Barry Lyndon, The Newcomes, and The Rose and the Ring.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
