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Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray /ˈθækəri/ (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.

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Famous quotes containing the word thackeray:

    “What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy’s tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.”
    —William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

    “Who knows but we may count among our intellectual chickens
    Like them an Earl of Thackeray and p’raps a Duke of
    Dickens—”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “How to live well on nothing a year.”
    —William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)