The Rose and the Ring

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This booktable of contents linked to every book. ******************. The Rose and The Ring is a satirical work of fiction written by William Makepeace Thackeray and originally published at Christmas 1854 (though dated 1855). It criticises, to some extent, the attitudes of the monarchy and those at the top of society and challenges their ideals of beauty and marriage. Set in the fictional countries of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, the story revolves around the lives and fortunes of four young royal cousins, Princesses Angelica and Rosalba, and Princes Bulbo and Giglio. Each page is headed by a line of poetry summing up the plot at that point and the storyline as a whole is laid out, as the book states, as ''A Fireside Pantomime.''. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.