ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -William Makepeace Thackeray, (born July 18, 1811, Calcutta, India-died Dec. 24, 1863, London, Eng.), English novelist whose reputation rests chiefly on Vanity Fair (1847–48), a novel of the Napoleonic period in England, and The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vanity Fair is one of the earliest domestic novels, remains a classic today, and Becky Sharp, the ultimate social climber, inspires as much debate now as then.

Detailed explanation-3: -The best known are The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. (1844), Vanity Fair (1847-48), Pendennis (1848-50) The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. (1852), The Newcomers (1853-55), and The Virginians (1857-59). Thackeray drew on his own experiences for his writing.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero, Vols. I & II, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1893, in four editions. Ritchie, Anne Isabella Thackeray, ed.