Thackeray

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)

    “Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.”
    —William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

    “Now they heap the funeral pyre,
    And the torch of death they light;
    Ah! ‘tis hard to die by fire!”
    —William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)