Does not one Thackeray shamelessly avow on the last page of a grossly " subjective" novel that he had killed Lord Farintosh's mother at one page and brought her to life again at another?
He's rolling in money and commissions, and he buys a West End house for his pictures, himself. and his old dad, whom he shamelessly turns into his all-purpose servant.
Together, figures and text give us a marvellous glimpse of China 1,300 years ago, but above all, they're a shamelessly barefaced bid for everlasting admiration and applause.
During those few moments he spent alone with Harry, however (collecting water and searching the undergrowth for mushrooms) , Ron became shamelessly cheery.
Completely surrounding the state capitol was a host of promoters, speculators, seekers after contracts and others hoping to profit from the orgy of spending, and many were growing shamelessly rich.
Sometimes when Scarlett saw guests sitting on the grass, sipping tea, the only refreshment the Wilkeses could afford, she wondered how Melanie could bring herself to expose her poverty so shamelessly.