William Makepeace Thackeray : Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray, born in Calcutta (1811-1863), was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a satire of middle class English society.

Novels:

• A Shabby Genteel Story[?] (1840)
• The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. (1844), filmed as Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick
• The Book of Snobs[?] (1846), which popularized that term
• On Being Found Out[?]
• Vanity Fair (1848), featuring the terrifying Becky Sharp
• The Wolves and the Lamb[?]
• The History of Henry Esmond[?]
• Pendennis[?]
• The Virginians[?]
• The Newcomes (1855)

Thackeray was prolific and wrote under a number of amusing pseudonyms: "Charles James Yellowplush, a footman"; "Michael Angelo Titmarsh"; and "George Savage Fitz-Booodle". Charlotte Bronte was one of his fans and dedicated the second edition of Jane Eyre to him.

External Links

e-texts of some of William Makepeace Thackeray's works:

• Adventures Of Major Gahagan (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=100)
• Ballads (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=220)
• Barry Lyndon (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=230)
• The Bedford-Row Conspiracy (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=243)
• The Book Of Snobs (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=281)
• Catherine, a story (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=339)
• The Christmas Books (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=375)
• The Fitz-Boodle Papers (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=687)
• From Cornhill To Grand Cairo (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=731)
• The History Of Henry Esmond (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=903)
• The History Of Herodotus -- Volume 1 (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=904)
• The History Of Herodotus -- Volume 2 (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=905)
• Little Travels And Roadside Sketches (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=1182)
• The Memoirs Of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=1317)
• The Notch on the Ax (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=1456)
• On Being Found Out (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=1497)
• The Paris Sketch Book (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=1604)
• The Rose and the Ring (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=2026)
• Roundabout Papers (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=2035)
• Some Roundabout Papers (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=2117)
• Vanity Fair (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=1621)
• The Wolves And The Lamb (http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=1873)

Many full texts can be found online at Project Gutenbereg (http://promo.net/pg/)