与狄更斯齐名的萨克雷封笔之作:潘丹尼斯(套装8册)
TheHistoryofPendennis:HisFortunesandMisfortunes,HisFriendsandHisGreatestEnemy(1848—1850)isanovelbytheEnglishauthorWilliamMakepeaceThackeray.Thenoveltooktwoyearsforhimtowrite.Setin19thcenturyLondon,England,thisnovelfeaturesayoungEnglishgentlemanArthurPendennisborninthecountrywhosetsouttoseekhisplaceinlifeandsociety.ThenovelportrayshisloveaffairswiththecallousBlancheAmoryandpoorFanny.Bothofthemmarryotherpeople,andPendennisfinallywedsLauraBell,hisadoptedsister,whohadalwayslovedhim.Thecharactersincludethesnobbishsocialhanger-onMajorPendennisandthetipsyCaptainCostigan.MissAmoryandSirFrancisClaveringaresomewhatreminiscentofBeckySharpandSirPittfromVanityFair.InlinewithotherThackeray'sworks,Pendennisoffersaninsightfulandsatiricpictureofhumancharacterandaristocraticsociety.ThemasterfulcharacterizationsincludethesnobbishMajorPendennisandthetipsyCaptainCostigan.