William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray (Charles James Yellowplush, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, and George Savage Fitz-Boodle)

1811 - 1863

William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist of the 19th century known best for his work entitledVanity Fair (1847)which, in Becky Sharpe, features one of the great female characters in English literature. His satirical works offered an scathing portrait of English society.