William Makepeace Thackeray
Born 18 July 1811 · Died 24 December 1863
From Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Writes fiction
An English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.
Quotes
“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.”
Sketches and Travels in London, p. 38 “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.”
Sketches and Travels in London, p. 96 “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!”
Sketches and Travels in London, p. 143 “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.”
The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century “Bad husbands will make bad wives.”
The Newcomes, Chapter 55
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Books by William Makepeace Thackeray in order
Books by William Makepeace Thackeray in the order they were published, from The Paris Sketch Book (1840) to Penguin Readers 3 (2008).
- 1The Paris Sketch Book
The Paris Sketch Book1840 - 2Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair1847 - 3The Book of Snobs
The Book of Snobs1848 - 4The History of Pendennis
The History of Pendennis1848 - 5Doctor Birch and His Young Friends
Doctor Birch and His Young Friends1849 - 6The History of Henry Esmond, Esq
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq1852 - 7The Luck of Barry Lyndon
The Luck of Barry Lyndon1853 - 8The Newcomes
The Newcomes1853 - 9The Rose and the Ring
The Rose and the Ring1854 - 10Henry Esmond
Henry Esmond1858 - 11The Virginians
The Virginians1858 - 12The Four Georges
The Four Georges1860 - 13New Oxford Progressive English ReadersNew Oxford Progressive English Readers2006
- 14Oxford Bookworms Library: Vanity Fair: Level 6: 2,500 Word V
Oxford Bookworms Library: Vanity Fair: Level 6: 2,500 Word Vocabulary2008 - 15Penguin Readers 3
Penguin Readers 32008 - 16Catherine
Catherine - 17Critical Papers in Art
Critical Papers in Art - 18Essays, English and American
Essays, English and American - 19Rebecca and Rowena
Rebecca and Rowena - 20Thackeray
Thackeray - 21Thackeray's Letters to an American Family
Thackeray's Letters to an American Family - 22The Christmas Books of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh
The Christmas Books of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh - 23The History of Henry Esmond
The History of Henry Esmond - 24Works
Works