Catherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray
"Catherine: A Story" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a novel serialized between 1839 and 1840. Written as a deliberate critique of popular crime fiction that romanticized criminals, Thackeray based his story on Catherine Hayes, a real eighteenth-century woman executed for murdering her husband. His goal was to portray criminals as utterly vile and unredeemable. Yet despite his intentions, Thackeray developed an unexpected sympathy for his heroine, and the novel's rogues emerged as
oddly appealing—a result the author considered a failure. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 |
|---|---|
| Title | Catherine: A Story |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_(Thackeray_novel) |
| Credits | Produced by Les Bowler, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Biographical fiction |
| Subject | Executions and executioners -- Fiction |
| Subject | Women murderers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Hayes, Catharine Hall, 1690-1726 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1969 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 1999 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 577 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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