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William Makepeace Thackeray - Wikipedia William Makepeace Thackeray ( ˈθækəri THAK-ər-ee; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which was adapted for a 1975 film by
William Makepeace Thackeray | 19th Century British Novelist Satirist . . . William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist whose reputation rests chiefly on Vanity Fair (1847–48), a novel of the Napoleonic period in England, and The History of Henry Esmond, Esq (1852), set in the early 18th century
William Makepeace Thackeray: A Brief Biography Thackeray took away from Weimar a command of the language, a knowledge of German Romantic literature, and an increasing skepticism about religious doctrine The time he spent here is reflected in the "Pumpernickel" chapters of Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray - New World Encyclopedia Thackeray is most often compared to one other great novelist of Victorian literature, Charles Dickens During the Victorian era, he was ranked second only to Dickens, but he is now much less read and is known almost exclusively as the author of Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray - Short Stories and Classic Literature William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) was a 19th century English novelist best known for his satires about human weakness, and his biography, Henry Esmond Thackeray's family life was cut short at an early age
William Makepeace Thackeray Biography - Notable Biographies Thackeray died on December 24, 1863, in London, England When William Makepeace Thackeray began his literary career, Charles Dickens (1812–1870) dominated English prose (having to do with the common language) fiction
William Makepeace Thackeray | The Poetry Foundation Thackeray first wrote poetry while he was a student at Trinity He wrote occasional poems, ballads, comic poems, and parodies, and some of his poems were published in Punch
William Makepeace Thackeray - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read . . . In 1860 Thackeray became editor of the monthly literary journal Cornhill Magazine, but died suddenly three years later, in 1863, at the age of fifty two He lies buried beside his mother in the Victorian Garden cemetery Kensal Green in London, England
Sadness balancing wit: Thackeray’s life works - The New Criterion But the final score must be decisive: Thackeray only produced one entirely successful novel, Vanity Fair, while Dickens never wrote a bad book; his was an extraordinary, almost superhuman achievement
William Makepeace Thackeray summary | Britannica William Makepeace Thackeray, (born July 18, 1811, Calcutta, India—died Dec 24, 1863, London, Eng ), English novelist He studied law and art but soon became a prolific writer for periodicals, using a variety of pen names