William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray

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.

William Makepeace Thackeray Media

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  Self Caricature by Thackeray

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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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  Anne Becher and William Makepeace Thackeray by George Chinnery, c. 1813

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  Etching of Thackeray, c. 1867