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William Makepeace Thackeray (/ ˈ θ æ k ər i / 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 Stanley Kubrick.
The influential Saturday Review, founded by Alexander Beresford Hope in 1855, considered Barry Lyndon to be the most characteristic and successful of Thackeray's works. Several of the author's colleagues emphasized the tour de force represented by this novel, particularly Trollope, who proclaimed that "if Dickens revealed the best of his ...
Vanity Fair is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray, which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars.
Template:William Makepeace Thackeray; V. Vanity Fair (novel) The Virginians
The Virginians was issued by Thackeray's publishers, Bradbury and Evans, in 24 monthly parts, the first one appearing on November 1, 1857. It was illustrated by the author himself. The print-run of 20,000 for the first number proved to be too optimistic and was progressively reduced to 13,000 for the last seven.
Thackeray started working on Pendennis as soon as he finished Vanity Fair. It was published as a serial and later sold in book form. It was printed in 24 monthly parts between November 1848 and December 1850 by Bradbury & Evans in London. The publication was paused for 3 months following the author’s illness after the September 1849 part. [4] [5]
Anthony Trollope thought Thackeray the greatest novelist of his time [3] and Esmond his masterpiece. [ 4 ] Ippolito Nievo 's novel Confessions of an Italian shows similarities with The History of Henry Esmond , in the fundamental structure of the plot, in the psychological outlines of the main characters, in frequent episodes, and in the use of ...
Catherine: A Story was the first novel by English author William Makepeace Thackeray.It first appeared in serialized instalments in Fraser's Magazine between May 1839 and February 1840, credited to "Ikey Solomons, Esq. Junior". [1]