William Makepeace Thackeray

La fiera della vanità è un romanzo dell'autore inglese William Makepeace Thackeray, apparso prima in 20 puntate mensili tra il 1847 e il 1848, poi pubblicato come opera unica nel 1848. La caratteristica che rende l'opera uno dei romanzi più importanti nella storia della letteratura inglese del XIX secolo è la presenza …

Le memorie di Barry Lyndon è un romanzo picaresco di William Makepeace Thackeray, originariamente pubblicato "a puntate" con il titolo The Luck of Barry Lyndon: A Romance of the Last Century by Fitz-Boodle sulla rivista inglese Fraser's Magazine nel 1844, avente ad oggetto le avventure di un membro della gentry …

The History of Henry Esmond is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, originally published in 1852. The book tells the story of the early life of Henry Esmond, a colonel in the service of Queen Anne of England. A typical example of Victorian historical novels, Thackeray's work of historical fiction tells …

The Rose and The Ring is a satirical work of fantasy fiction written by William Makepeace Thackeray, originally published at Christmas 1854. It criticises, to some extent, the attitudes of the monarchy and those at the top of society and challenges their ideals of beauty and marriage. Set in the fictional countries of …

The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. It is set in 19th-century England, particularly in London. The main hero is a young English gentleman Arthur Pendennis, who is born in the country and sets out for …

The Book of Snobs is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray first published in the magazine Punch as The Snobs of England, By One of Themselves. Published in 1848, the book was serialised in 1846/47 around the same time as Vanity Fair. While the word 'snob' had been in use since the end of the …

The Newcomes is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1855.