William Makepeace Thackeray biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of William Makepeace Thackeray

Author Name:

William Makepeace Thackeray

Born As:

Henry Esmond

Other Names:

William Makepeace Thackeray

Born:

18 Jul 1811

Died:

24 Dec 1863




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Selected Works:

The Yellowplush Papers - 1837
Catherine - 1839-40
A Shabby Genteel Story - 1840
The Irish Sketchbook - 1843
The Luck of Barry Lyndon - 1844, filmed as Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick
The Book of Snobs - 1848, which popularised that term
Vanity Fair - 1848
Pendennis - 1848–1850

The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes & Misfortunes, His Friends & His Greatest Enemy - 1850

Rebecca and Rowena - 1850, a parody sequel of Ivanhoe
The Paris Sketchbook - 1852, featuring Roger Bontemps
Men's Wives - 1852
The History of Henry Esmond - 1852
The Newcomes - 1855
The Rose and the Ring - 1855
Sketches and Travels in London - 1856
The Virginians - 1857–1859
Lovel the Widower - 1860
The Adventures of Philip - 1862
Denis Duval - 1864

Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
Stray Papers: Being Stories, Reviews, Verses, and Sketches - 1821-1847

Four Georges and the English Humourists - 1912                          
Mother Anne Becher 
Father Richmond Thackeray
Wife Isabella Gethin Shawe, one child, William.