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In hindsight Thackeray' writing on the pages leading up to the battle are very tongue in cheek -he's dealing with a heavy matter very lightly -as are all of his characters. Except, of course, for Dobbin, who I'm still not convinced isn't a hero!

I didn't know how the battle of Waterloo ended and I purposely didn't look it up. However, Thackeray's contemporary readers would have known so I definitely had a different experience than they did.