William Makepeace Thackeray

The Newcomes

Multi-generational family saga exploring English society and social hierarchies

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William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray

Thackeray's Vanity Fair remains the supreme achievement of Victorian social satire, its panoramic view of Regency society combined with an ironic narrator who undermines every sentimental convention. His historical novels, particularly Henry Esmond, show his versatility.

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