William Makepeace Thackeray facts for kids
William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English writer. He is most famous for his novel, Vanity Fair. The title is from a place in Pilgrim's Progress. The novel is about the adventures of Becky Sharp, an ambitious girl who wishes to rise in English society.
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Thackeray portrayed by Eyre Crowe, 1845
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Thackeray's grave at Kensal Green Cemetery, London, photographed in 2014
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Title-page to Vanity Fair, drawn by Thackeray, who furnished the illustrations for many of his own books
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Etching of Thackeray, ca. 1867
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Caricature of Thackeray by Thackeray
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Anne Becher and William Makepeace Thackeray by George Chinnery, c. 1813
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