...Catherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray “Catherine” A Story by Ikey Solomons, Esq., Junior. A P... ...Catherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray “Catherine” A Story by Ikey Solomons, Esq., Junior. A Penn State ... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Catherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication Catherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...ronic Classics Series Publication Catherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Porta... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Catherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- troni... ...’s a many girl in the village that at my age is quite chits. There’s Polly Randall now, that red-haired girl along with Thomas Curtis: she’s seventeen... ...er such circumstances. But alas and alas! truth must be spo- 71 Thackeray ken, whatever else is in the wind; and the excellent “Newgate Calendar,” wh...

...Excerpt: Advertisement. The story of ?Catherine,? which appeared in Fraser?s Magazine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ikey Solomons, Jun., to counteract the injurious influence of some popular fictions of that day, which made heroes of highwaymen and burglars, and created a false sympathy for the vicious and crim...