Confessions thug (470 résultats)

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Etat : Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Cover laminated.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Paperback. Etat : Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Light crease to front cover.

Etat : New. pp. 616.

Etat : New.

Paperback. Etat : New. 'You have given a faithful portrait of a Thug's life, his ceremonies, and his acts'Often overshadowed by Kipling's Kim or Forster's A Passage to India, Philip Meadows Taylor's forgotten classic, Confessions of a Thug (1839), is nevertheless the most influential novel of early nineteenth-century British India. This was the first dramatic account to expose a European readership to the fantastic world of the murderous Thugs, or highway robbers, who strangled their victims and who have ever since been a stable of Western popular culture. Writing in the voice of a captured Thug, Taylor presents an Orientalist fantasy that is part picaresque adventure and part colonial exposé. Confessions of a Thug offers a unique glimpse of the colonial world in the making, revealing how the British imagined themselves to be omniscient and in complete control of their Indian subjects. This unique critical edition makes available a fascinating and significant work of Empire writing, in addition to excerpts from the original colonial texts that inspired Taylor's narrative.…

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Etat : New.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good.

Etat : New. pp. 616.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. 'You have given a faithful portrait of a Thug's life, his ceremonies, and his acts' Often overshadowed by Kipling's Kim or Forster's A Passage to India, Philip Meadows Taylor's forgotten classic, Confessions of a Thug (1839), is nevertheless the most influential novel of early nineteenth-century British India. This was the first dramatic account to expose a European readershipto the fantastic world of the murderous Thugs, or highway robbers, who strangled their victims and who have ever since been a stable of Western popular culture. Writing in the voice of a captured Thug, Taylor presents an Orientalist fantasythat is part picaresque adventure and part colonial expose. Confessions of a Thug offers a unique glimpse of the colonial world in the making, revealing how the British imagined themselves to be omniscient and in complete control of their Indian subjects. This unique critical edition makes available a fascinating and significant work of Empire writing, in addition to excerpts from the original colonial texts that inspired Taylor's narrative. Confessions of a Thug was the first dramatic account to expose a European readership to the fantastic world of the murderous Thugs, or highway robbers, who strangled their victims and who have ever since been a stable of Western popular culture Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Etat : New. 'You have given a faithful portrait of a Thug's life, his ceremonies, and his acts'Often overshadowed by Kipling's Kim or Forster's A Passage to India, Philip Meadows Taylor's forgotten classic, Confessions of a Thug (1839), is nevertheless the most influential novel of early nineteenth-century British India. This was the first dramatic account to expose a European readership to the fantastic world of the murderous Thugs, or highway robbers, who strangled their victims and who have ever since been a stable of Western popular culture. Writing in the voice of a captured Thug, Taylor presents an Orientalist fantasy that is part picaresque adventure and part colonial exposé. Confessions of a Thug offers a unique glimpse of the colonial world in the making, revealing how the British imagined themselves to be omniscient and in complete control of their Indian subjects. This unique critical edition makes available a fascinating and significant work of Empire writing, in addition to excerpts from the original colonial texts that inspired Taylor's narrative.…

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Etat : New.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Folio Society book in slipcase. Gold linen cover with green graphics. Green map endpapers. Slipcase is coordinating gold color with an embossed texture. Illustrated. The book has only slight evidence of reading and has sharp corners and clean inside and out. The slipcase has wear and slight cracks on the corners where the book is inserted. Fictionalized true life story of a young Englishman sent to India to find his "fortune"--based on the author's lived experience circa 1823-1868. 372 pages. Shelf: B-3.…

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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. APPEARS LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard back book/dust jakcet. D/j still has price corneer.338 pages Pages are clean and tight. No name or inscription.Minor makrs to page fore edge.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. APPEARS LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard back book/dust jakcet. D/j still has price corneer.338 pages Pages are clean and tight. E xlibris plate on f.e.p. No other name or inscription.Minor makrs to page fore edge.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. Reprint. Fast shipping with free delivery confirmation. Size: 8vo. Book.

Etat : New. First Edition X-30, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-2, New Delhi - 110020 NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.