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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

Autor(a) de Vanity Fair

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About the Author

William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta, India, where his father was in service to the East India Company. After the death of his father in 1816, he was sent to England to attend school. Upon reaching college age, Thackeray attended Trinity College, Cambridge, but he left before completing mostrar mais his degree. Instead, he devoted his time to traveling and journalism. Generally considered the most effective satirist and humorist of the mid-nineteenth century, Thackeray moved from humorous journalism to successful fiction with a facility that was partially the result of a genial fictional persona and a graceful, relaxed style. At his best, he held up a mirror to Victorian manners and morals, gently satirizing, with a tone of sophisticated acceptance, the inevitable failure of the individual and of society. He took up the popular fictional situation of the young person of talent who must make his way in the world and dramatized it with satiric directness in The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844), with the highest fictional skill and appreciation of complexities inherent within the satiric vision in his masterpiece, Vanity Fair (1847), and with a great subtlety of point of view and background in his one historical novel, Henry Esmond (1852). Vanity Fair, a complex interweaving in a vast historical panorama of a large number of characters, derives its title from John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and attempts to invert for satirical purposes, the traditional Christian image of the City of God. Vanity Fair, the corrupt City of Man, remains Thackeray's most appreciated and widely read novel. It contrasts the lives of two boarding-school friends, Becky Sharp and Amelia Smedley. Constantly attuned to the demands of incidental journalism and his sense of professionalism in his relationship with his public, Thackeray wrote entertaining sketches and children's stories and published his humorous lectures on eighteenth-century life and literature. His own fiction shows the influence of his dedication to such eighteenth-century models as Henry Fielding, particularly in his satire, which accepts human nature rather than condemns it and takes quite seriously the applicability of the true English gentleman as a model for moral behavior. Thackeray requested that no authorized biography of him should ever be written, but members of his family did write about him, and these accounts were subsequently published. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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(eng) W. M. Thackeray also wrote as Charles James Yellowplush, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, George Savage Fitz-Boodle, The Fat Contributor, and Ikey Solomons.

Image credit: Frontispiece to Works of Wiliam Makepiece Thackeray Vol. 6 (1898) "From a Drawing by Samuel Lawrence"

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Obras por William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair (1848) — Autor; Ilustrador, algumas edições14,660 exemplares
The History of Henry Esmond (1852) 1,366 exemplares
Barry Lyndon (1844) 981 exemplares
The History of Pendennis (1848) 467 exemplares
The Rose & the Ring (1854) 427 exemplares
The Newcomes (1855) 400 exemplares
The Book of Snobs (1848) 330 exemplares
The Virginians (1857) 254 exemplares
The Christmas Books (1868) 122 exemplares
Vanity Fair (1/2) (1847) 121 exemplares
The Paris Sketch Book (1840) 111 exemplares
Vanity Fair (2/2) (1847) 77 exemplares
Rebecca and Rowena (1850) 66 exemplares
The Adventures of Philip (1862) 62 exemplares
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 1 (2017) — Contribuidor — 58 exemplares
Roundabout Papers (1882) 52 exemplares
Burlesques (1880) 50 exemplares
The Irish Sketch Book (1843) 50 exemplares
The History of Pendennis (2/2) (1896) 41 exemplares
The Four Georges (1899) 40 exemplares
Catherine: A Story (1900) 35 exemplares
Vanity Fair [Penguin Readers] (2000) 33 exemplares
The History of Pendennis (1/2) (1655) 32 exemplares
Contributions to "Punch" etc (1886) 31 exemplares
A Shabby Genteel Story (1971) 29 exemplares
The Virginians (1/2) (2006) 28 exemplares
Essays, Reviews, Etc. (1899) 26 exemplares
Lovel the Widower (1982) 24 exemplares
The Newcomes (1/2) (1855) — Autor — 22 exemplares
From Cornhill to Grand Cairo (1885) 22 exemplares
The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman (1969) 22 exemplares
The Newcomes (2/2) (1855) 21 exemplares
A little dinner at Timmins's (1848) 20 exemplares
The Virginians (2/2) (1911) — Autor — 19 exemplares
Men's Wives (2010) 19 exemplares
The Yellowplush Papers (1853) 18 exemplares
The Cornhill magazine 10 exemplares
Denis Duval (2004) 10 exemplares
Sketches and Travels in London (1989) — Autor — 10 exemplares
[unidentified works] (1990) 10 exemplares
The Adventures of Philip (1/2) — Autor — 9 exemplares
Fåfängans marknad. D. 1 (2018) 8 exemplares
Ballads (1879) 8 exemplares
A Legend of the Rhine (2004) 8 exemplares
The Fitz-Boodle Papers (2012) 8 exemplares
Miscellanies (1890) 8 exemplares
The Adventures of Philip (2/2) — Autor — 8 exemplares
Vanity Fair (2/2) / Lovel the Widower (1881) — Autor — 7 exemplares
The Second Funeral of Napoleon (2008) — Autor — 7 exemplares
Humoristische Erzählungen und Skizzen (1951) — Autor — 7 exemplares
The Bedford-Row Conspiracy (2008) 7 exemplares
Ballads and Songs (2010) 7 exemplares
The Wolves and the Lamb (2012) 7 exemplares
The Paris Sketch Book / The Irish Sketch Book (1902) — Autor — 7 exemplares
Roundabout Papers / The Second Funeral of Napoleon (1869) — Autor — 7 exemplares
Thackeray's Miscellanies vol 2 (1877) 6 exemplares
Ballads and tales 6 exemplares
The Fatal Boots (2012) 6 exemplares
George Cruikshank (2004) 6 exemplares
The Thackeray alphabet (1929) 6 exemplares
The Virginians (3/3) (2008) 5 exemplares
The mahogany tree (2010) 5 exemplares
Thackeray, Pocket University Volume 1 Part 1. (1924) — Autor — 5 exemplares
Little Masterpieces (1901) — Autor — 5 exemplares
The Newcomes (3/3) (1925) — Autor — 4 exemplares
Vanity Fair [AudioGo] (2009) 4 exemplares
Barry Lyndon / Denis Duval (1889) — Autor — 4 exemplares
Reading a Poem (1911) — Autor — 4 exemplares
Vanity Fair (2/3) 4 exemplares
The Newcomes (1/3) — Autor — 4 exemplares
Vanity Fair (1/3) 4 exemplares
Erzählungen (1985) 3 exemplares
The Chronicle of the Drum (2012) 3 exemplares
Roundabout Papers Etc 3 exemplares
The History of Pendennis (1/3) — Autor — 3 exemplares
Half -Hours with Great Authors (1900) 3 exemplares
The Newcomes (2/3) 3 exemplares
Poems and Ballads 3 exemplares
Roundabout Papers-Four Georges (1884) 3 exemplares
Humoristische Erzählungen (1987) 3 exemplares
The Virginians (1/3) 2 exemplares
The Fatal Boots and Cox's Diary (1956) 2 exemplares
The Virginians (2/3) 2 exemplares
Christmas Books / Great Hoggarty Diamond (1883) — Autor — 2 exemplares
The Story of Mary Ancel (2009) 2 exemplares
Literary Essays 2 exemplares
The great Hoggarty diamond etc. (2023) 2 exemplares
A Story 2 exemplares
letters to an american family (1904) — Autor — 2 exemplares
Las aventuras de Barry Lyndon (1985) 2 exemplares
Lettres à un jeune Londonien (2021) 2 exemplares
Sketch Books Etc. (1899) 2 exemplares
Catalina (2014) 2 exemplares
Maestros ingleses 2 exemplares
Thackeray Works IV 1 exemplar
Thackeray Works II 1 exemplar
Thackeray Works V 1 exemplar
A Tragic Story 1 exemplar
Thackeray Works VI 1 exemplar
His︢g̀ Vs̀r̀a 1 exemplar
Pendennis, Volume 1 (2015) 1 exemplar
O anel e a rosa (1986) 1 exemplar
Works 1 exemplar
Novela inglesa (1982) 1 exemplar
Pendennis - Vol 1 1 exemplar
Sketch Books 1 exemplar
Thackeray Works I 1 exemplar
The Four Georges 1 exemplar
Bilciul Desertaciunilor (2003) 1 exemplar
The Jungle 1 exemplar
Vanity Fair Annotated (2022) 1 exemplar
Charity and Humour 1 exemplar
Juvenilia 1 exemplar
Rebecca e Rowena (2011) 1 exemplar
The Chronicle of the Drum (1882) 1 exemplar
Philip Burlesque 1 exemplar
Christmas Books, Etc. (2013) 1 exemplar
A Book for Christmas Reading — Autor — 1 exemplar
Feine Gesellschaft — Autor — 1 exemplar
The Library of Wit and Humor (1930) 1 exemplar
The Notch On The Ax: A Story (2010) 1 exemplar
The Devil's Wager 1 exemplar
Pendennis Siles Marner (1910) 1 exemplar
Some Roundabout Papers (2011) 1 exemplar
Fairy days 1 exemplar
Sultan Stork 1 exemplar
Vanity Fair 1 exemplar
Thackeray's Works, Volume 18 (2015) 1 exemplar
Kisregények 1 exemplar
Pendennis, Vol. 1 only (1952) 1 exemplar
Yellowplush papers 1 exemplar
Vanity Fair 1 exemplar
Vanity Fair Vol 1 (2019) 1 exemplar
Vanity Fair(Chinese Edition) (2014) 1 exemplar
Gli snobs 1 exemplar
The Hoggarty Diamonds, Etc (2015) 1 exemplar
Hiúság vására. 2. köt. (2003) 1 exemplar
Hiúság vására. 1. köt. (2003) 1 exemplar
Pocket Thackery 1 exemplar

Associated Works

English Poetry, Volume III: From Tennyson to Whitman (1909) — Contribuidor — 618 exemplares
Essays: English and American (1910) — Contribuidor — 600 exemplares
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contribuidor — 565 exemplares
The Victorian Fairytale Book (1988) — Contribuidor — 460 exemplares
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New (1991) — Contribuidor — 260 exemplares
Barry Lyndon [1975 film] (1975) — Original book — 205 exemplares
The Portable Victorian Reader (1972) — Contribuidor — 177 exemplares
Vanity Fair [2004 film] (2005) — Autor — 164 exemplares
A Literary Christmas: An Anthology (2013) — Contribuidor — 135 exemplares
Storytelling and Other Poems (1949) — Contribuidor — 90 exemplares
Victorian Fairy Tales (2014) — Contribuidor — 87 exemplares
The Treasury of English Short Stories (1985) — Contribuidor — 85 exemplares
Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated) (2011) — Contribuidor, algumas edições77 exemplares
The Everyman Anthology of Poetry for Children (1994) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares
The Bedside Book of Famous British Stories (1940) — Contribuidor — 67 exemplares
English Comedies (1935) — Contribuidor — 44 exemplares
A Century of Humour (1934) — Contribuidor — 42 exemplares
The Lock and Key Library (Volume 7: Oldtime English) (1909) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares
America Visited (1937) — Contribuidor — 37 exemplares
The Oxford Book of English Love Stories (1996) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
The Triumph of Art for the Public: 1785-1848 (1979) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural (2002) — Contribuidor — 26 exemplares
The World's Greatest Books Volume 08 Fiction (1910) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
The World of Law, Volume II : The Law as Literature (1960) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
Cuentos de amor victorianos (2004) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
Great English Short Stories (1930) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
100 Story Poems (1951) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages (2007) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
Great Short Novels of the World (1927) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
The Pocket University Volume XXI Part I FICTION (1923) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Englische Essays aus drei Jahrhunderten (1980) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
International Short Stories English (Volume 2) (1910) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
An Adult's Garden of Bloomers (1966) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
The West Country Book (1981) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Great Love Scenes from Famous Novels (1943) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Loves and Deaths (1972) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Famous Stories of Five Centuries (1934) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
The Undying Past (1961) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
The Queen’s Story Book — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Ferdinand Freiligraths Werke - Neue Pracht-Ausgabe (1900) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Short Stories Retold - Book 1 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
English short stories of the nineteenth century — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Short Stories: Old and New — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Collected Classics (adapted ∙ Penguin Readers Level 3) (2001) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
The King's Story Book — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Outros nomes
Fitz-Boodle, George Savage (nom de plume)
Titmarsh, Michael Angelo (nom de plume)
Yellowplush, Charles James (nom de plume)
The Fat Contributor
Solomons, Ikey
Data de nascimento
1811-07-18
Data de falecimento
1863-12-24
Localização do túmulo
Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England, UK
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
Calcutta, India
Local de falecimento
London, England, UK
Causa da morte
stroke
Locais de residência
Paris, France
Weimar, Germany
Educação
Charterhouse (Smithfield, London)
University of Cambridge (Trinity College)
Middle Temple, London
Ocupações
novelist
journalist
essayist
travel writer
lecturer
Relações
Ritchie, Anne Thackeray (daughter)
Stephen, Leslie (son-in-law)

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William Makepeace Thackery was second only to Charles Dickens in stature as an author during the Victorian era. His humorous and satirical writings were much in demand by periodicals, including Punch, and he was a popular lecturer. Today he's best known for his novel Vanity Fair, which is required reading in most college English courses. He experienced tragedy in his personal life due to the long deterioration and mental illness of his wife Isabella.
Nota de desambiguação
W. M. Thackeray also wrote as Charles James Yellowplush, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, George Savage Fitz-Boodle, The Fat Contributor, and Ikey Solomons.

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December: Thackeray : Vanity Fair em Monthly Author Reads (Janeiro 2011)

Críticas

Quanto mi sono divertita a leggere La fiera delle vanità! È stato proprio un ottimo libro per entrare nel mood delle letture da calura estiva che, per quanto mi riguarda, comprende romanzi poco impegnativi perché il mio cervello va in pappa oltre una certa temperatura afosa. Quindi ben vengano queste ottocento e passa pagine di vanità umana, che sarà anche effimera e tutta apparenza, ma quanto tempo ci perdiamo, magari nascondendoci dietro questioni di principio e morale.

Se, infatti, la società nella quale viviamo non è quella inglese dell’Ottocento, la vanità che Thackeray mette in scena è ben lungi dall’essere un ricordo del passato. Anzi, oggi invece di averla confinata nei salotti e nei luoghi dabbene, ce la ritroviamo sempre davanti grazie – si fa per dire – ai social. E allora ecco le persone vanesie che si sono ambientate perfettamente, quelle arriviste che si sono adattate, quelle goffe che suscitano risa e compatimento, quelle virtuose che vengono ignorate… È ancora la stessa fiera: difficile non subire il fascino del romanzo di Thackeray.

Mi risulta evidente come a Dickens potesse rodere il culo davanti al successo de La fiera delle vanità: l’attrattività di una storia piena di personaggi tridimensionali e realistici non può che essere maggiore rispetto a una con personaggi che mirano a essere dei modelli. Niente da eccepire sul talento di Dickens – ci mancherebbe! – ma la soddisfazione che deriva dal leggere un romanzo che non ha paura di affrontare le ipocrisie della società è impareggiabile.

Né Rebecca né Amelia, le protagoniste del romanzo, possono essere annoverate tra i perfetti modelli di donna cattiva e donna buona. Sono due donne con caratteri, background e obiettvi molto diversi e non sono né buone, né cattive, ma persone che ogni tanto si comportano bene e a volte si comportano male (okay, Rebecca tende più a comportarsi male, ma non può comunque essere definita una persona cattiva tout court).

Il fascino de La fiera delle vanità è tutto qui: pare poco, ma chi vuole leggere di donne di alta levatura morale quando può leggere la storia di quella bricconcella di Rebecca Sharp che si inventa storie strappalacrime e alla fine l’ha sempre vinta?
… (mais)
 
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lasiepedimore | 189 outras críticas | Jan 17, 2024 |
3.75/5 ⭐️s. “All is vanity, nothing is fair.“ After 912 pages and 67 chapters, that pretty much is the main theme. I can see why this is Thackeray's masterpiece as he scathingly criticizes the norms in early 19th-century England between rich vs. poor, women vs. men, religion vs. non-religion ... nobody is immune from his satire. A different type of narrator, too, where you felt like he was addressing you personally for a LONG story. He could have chopped off some chapters, though, and kept to the main plot because it was overwhelmingly verbose at times. Overall, I am glad I read it and immensely enjoyed most of it.… (mais)
 
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crabbyabbe | 189 outras críticas | Aug 31, 2023 |
 
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bnielsen | Aug 30, 2023 |
3.5*

Perhaps I had too high expectations of this novel... I loved Vanity Fair & so expected to love this too so maybe my rating should be 4 rather than 3.5; I'll see how I feel once some time has passed.

Barry Lyndon (nee Redmond Barry) is an Irish scamp (similar to Flashman) but unlike with Becky Sharpe, I didn't feel the charm of the character. I also didn't find the same humor in this novel that had me laughing in Vanity Fair. It was an enjoyable book that I am glad that I read but it seems unlikely to be one I will revisit.… (mais)
 
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leslie.98 | 14 outras críticas | Jun 27, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
648
Also by
56
Membros
22,107
Popularidade
#968
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
268
ISBN
1,676
Línguas
24
Marcado como favorito
62

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