William Makepeace Thackeray
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"I feel myself ashamed and degraded at the brutal curiosity which took me to that brutal sight."--"On Going to See a Man Hanged" (1840) William Makepeace Thackeray "Well, William Dobbin had for once forgotten the world, and was away with Sinbad the Sailor in the Valley of Diamonds, or with Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peribanou in that delightful cavern where the Prince found her, and whither we ..."--Vanity Fair (1848) by William Makepeace Thackeray |
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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 – 1863) was a British writer and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick.
List of works
- The Yellowplush Papers (1837) - ISBN 0-8095-9676-8
- Catherine (1839-40) - ISBN 1-4065-0055-0
- A Shabby Genteel Story (1840) - ISBN 1-4101-0509-1
- The Irish Sketchbook (1843) - ISBN 0-86299-754-2
- The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844), filmed as Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick - ISBN 0-19-283628-5
- The Book of Snobs (1848), which popularised that term- ISBN 0-8095-9672-5
- Vanity Fair (1848), featuring Becky Sharp - ISBN 0-14-062085-0
- Pendennis (1848–1850) - ISBN 1-4043-8659-9
- Rebecca and Rowena (1850), a parody sequel of Ivanhoe - ISBN 1-84391-018-7
- The Paris Sketchbook (1852), featuring Roger Bontemps
- Men's Wives (1852) - ISBN 0-14-062085-1
- The History of Henry Esmond (1852) - ISBN 0-14-143916-5
- The Newcomes (1855) - ISBN 0-460-87495-0
- The Rose and the Ring (1855) - ISBN 1-4043-2741-X
- The Virginians (1857–1859) - ISBN 1-4142-3952-1
- The Adventures of Philip (1862) - ISBN 1-4101-0510-5
- Denis Duval (1864) - ISBN 1-4191-1561-8
- Sketches and Travels in London
- Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
- Stray Papers: Being Stories, Reviews, Verses, and Sketches (1821-1847)
