William Makepeace Thackeray

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July 18, 1811 in Calcutta, India

died

December 24, 1863

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Thackeray, an only child, was born in Calcutta, India, where his father, Richmond Thackeray (1 September 1781 – 13 September 1815), held the high rank of secretary to the board of revenue in the British East India Company. His mother, Anne Becher (1792–1864) was the second daughter of Harriet and John Harman Becher and was also a secretary (writer) for the East India Company.

William had been sent to England earlier, at the age of five, with a short stopover at St. Helena where the imprisoned Napoleon was pointed out to him. He was educated at schools in Southampton and Chiswick and then at Charterhouse School.

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Average rating: 3.66 · 25,404 ratings · 1,345 reviews · 339 distinct works

	Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, John Carey (Editor) 3.66 avg rating — 24,392 ratings — published 1848 — 269 editions	My rating:
	Barry Lyndon 3.58 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 1844 — 74 editions	My rating:
	The Rose and the Ring 3.80 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1855 — 37 editions	My rating:
	The History Of Henry Esmond, Esq. 3.47 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1852 — 80 editions	My rating:
	The Book of Snobs 3.36 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1848 — 57 editions	My rating:
	The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes & Misfortunes, His Friends & His Greatest Enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray, Donald Hawes (editor), J. I. M. Stewart (Editor) 3.62 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1848 — 45 editions	My rating:
	The Newcomes 3.56 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1855 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Vanity Fair, Part 2 by William Makepeace Thackeray, Frederick Davidson (Narrator) 3.71 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1857 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Virginians Volume II 3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1857 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Rebecca and Rowena by William Makepeace Thackeray, Matthew Sweet (Foreword) 3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1850 — 6 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray

“Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?”
― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

tags: classics , humor , satire , vanity

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“Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.”
― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

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“Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.”
― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

tags: humour , revenge

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Classic Read March - April 2012.

Deadline for voting will be Sunday 2/26/12 and the winner will be posted on 2/27/12.

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

5 votes, 27.8%

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

3 votes, 16.7%

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

3 votes, 16.7%

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

2 votes, 11.1%

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

2 votes, 11.1%

The Faerie Queene byEdmund Spenser

1 vote, 5.6%

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo

1 vote, 5.6%

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

1 vote, 5.6%

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

0 votes, 0.0%

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

0 votes, 0.0%

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