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A boastful military raconteur recounts a string of exaggerated, comic episodes from his life, mixing improbable battlefield exploits, duels, shipboard and foreign-travel mishaps, and romantic obsessions. Told in a conversational, self-important voice, the anecdotes shift episodically between bravado and embarrassment, with the narrator’s unreliable exaggerations producing ironic distance and gentle satire of martial vanity and social pretension. Recurring tall-tale motifs and witty asides keep the focus on character and amusement rather than a tightly plotted narrative.

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Title: The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan

Author: William Makepeace Thackeray

Release date: October 1, 1999 [eBook #1935]
Most recently updated: October 6, 2024

Language: English

Credits: David Price

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THE TREMENDOUS ADVENTURES OF
MAJOR GAHAGAN

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by William Makepeace Thackeray