William Makepeace 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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    ‘Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
    —William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

    ‘Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
    —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)