Author:William Makepeace Thackeray

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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

An English novelist famous for his satirical works

William Makepeace Thackeray

Works

• The Yellowplush Papers (1837)
• Catherine (1839)
• A Shabby Genteel Story (1840)
• The Irish Sketchbook (1843)
• The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. (1844),
• The Book of Snobs (1848),
• Vanity Fair (1848),
• Pendennis (1848–1850)
• Rebecca and Rowena (1850),
• The Fatal Boots (1850)
• Men's Wives (1852)
• The History of Henry Esmond (1852)
• The Newcomes(1855)
• The Rose and the Ring (1855)
• The Virginians (1857–1859)
• The Adventures of Philip (1862)
• Denis Duval (1864)
• Burlesques The Fitzboodle papers

Poetry

• Little Billee
• Sorrows of Werther

Works about Thackeray

• “Thackeray, William Makepeace,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.
• “Thackeray, William Makepeace” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.
• “Thackeray, William Makepeace” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

Obituaries

• In Memoriam W. M. Thackeray, by Charles Dickens

On his works

• “Vanity Fair” in The Encyclopedia Americana. New York, 1920.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.