William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makespeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta in 1811, a English novelist assign in the early 18th century. He was the only son of Richmond Thackeray, an authority in East India Company. He went to England at the age of six. He was educated at Chrterhouse and at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1833 he established in Paris, after a major financial loss, and tried his profession as painter. A great professional, he prepared novels, stories, essays, and poetries for his audience, and he travelled as a nationally known lecturer. Throughout his works, Thackeray analysed and grieved arrogance and often gave his opinions on human behaviour and the defects of society, though generally advised by his narrative to do so. His early work focused around crooks and villains, most famously in The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844) and in his classic, Vanity Fair, which looked in monthly parts in 1847-48 and which most clearly discloses his socially satirical edge. Thackeray's later novels include The History of Pendennis (1848-50). Thackeray died suddenly on Christmas Eve, 1863. Read More Read Less