William Makepeace Thackeray

Citations

• “I set it down as a maxim that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.”

• “When I say I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as I have no doubt she is to herself.”

• “Time passes—Time the consoler—Time the anodyne—Time the grey calm satirist, whose sad smile seems to say, Look, O man, at the vanity of the objects you pursue, and of yourself who pursue them!”

• “Humour is the mistress of tears; she knows the way to the fons lachrymarum, strikes in dry and rugged places with her enchanting wand, and bids the fountain gush and sparkle.”

• “Bad husbands will make bad wives.”

Les livres de William Makepeace Thackeray dans l'ordre

Les livres de William Makepeace Thackeray dans l'ordre de parution, de The Paris Sketch Book (1840) à Penguin Readers 3 (2008).

1. 1The Paris Sketch BookThe Paris Sketch Book1840
2. 2Vanity FairVanity Fair1847
3. 3The Book of SnobsThe Book of Snobs1848
4. 4The History of Pendennis, His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His The History of Pendennis, His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy1848
5. 5Doctor Birch and His Young FriendsDoctor Birch and His Young Friends1849
6. 6History of Henry Esmond, EsqHistory of Henry Esmond, Esq1852
7. 7Mémoires de Barry Lyndon du royaume d'IrlandeMémoires de Barry Lyndon du royaume d'Irlande1853
8. 8The NewcomesThe Newcomes1853
9. 9The Rose and the RingThe Rose and the Ring1854
10. 10Henry EsmondHenry Esmond1858
11. 11The VirginiansThe Virginians1858
12. 12The Four GeorgesThe Four Georges1860
13. 13New Oxford Progressive English ReadersNew Oxford Progressive English Readers2006
14. 14Oxford Bookworms Library: Vanity Fair: Level 6: 2,500 Word VOxford Bookworms Library: Vanity Fair: Level 6: 2,500 Word Vocabulary2008
15. 15Penguin Readers 3Penguin Readers 32008
16. 16CatherineCatherine
17. 17Critical Papers in ArtCritical Papers in Art
18. 18Essays, English and AmericanEssays, English and American
    Ce qu'il contient (14)

    • Jonathan Swift
    • The Idea of a University
    • The Study of Poetry
    • Sesame and Lilies
    • John Milton
    • Science and Culture
    • Race and Language
    • Truth of Intercourse
    • Samuel Pepys
    • On the Elevation of the Laboring Classes
    • The Poetic Principle
    • Walking
    • Abraham Lincoln
    • Democracy
19. 19Rebecca and RowenaRebecca and Rowena
20. 20ThackerayThackeray
21. 21Thackeray's Letters to an American FamilyThackeray's Letters to an American Family
22. 22The Christmas Books of Mr. M. A. TitmarshThe Christmas Books of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh
23. 23The History of Henry EsmondThe History of Henry Esmond
24. 24WorksWorks