Literature Network » William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray

Content courtesy of

From: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Date: 20070301
Author:

(born July 18, 1811, Calcutta, India—died Dec. 24, 1863, London, Eng.) English novelist. He studied law and art but soon became a prolific writer for periodicals, using a variety of pen names. His early writings appear in such volumes as The Book of Snobs (1848), a collection of his articles from Punch ; and Miscellanies (1855–57), which includes the historical novel Barry Lyndon (1844). His fame rests chiefly on the novels Vanity Fair (1847–48), a panoramic survey of English manners and human frailties set in the Napoleonic era, and Henry Esmond (1852), set in the early 18th ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Other Articles on William Makepeace Thackeray

About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.