In the history of English literature, William Thackeray plays the role of the apostle of a realistic presentation of reality. In contrast to the romantics, w...

What does it take to make a quick career and gain weight in society? Just a little: at the right time and in the right place, hint about your noble relative,...

In the satirical novel “In a Noble Family” by William Makepeace Thackeray, translated by Nadezhda Davydovna Volpin, the vices inherent in the English middle ...

You can call it whatever you like - “light”, “glamour”, “party”... the essence does not change. The pursuit of fashion. Admiration for the superior, contempt...

The Notes of Barry Lyndon, Esquire is the first novel by William Thackeray. It contains a rapidly developing, laconic, even rather dry eyewitness account, wh...

"The History of Henry Esmond" occupies a special place in the work of W. Thackeray. It is written in the form of memoirs. Before us are pictures of the life ...

The twelfth volume of the Collected Works of W. Thackeray includes works from the last period of the writer’s work. The volume includes the most significant ...

THACKERAY William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) is a famous English realist writer. R. in Calcutta. After the death of his father, a colonial official, he ...

THACKERAY William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) was a famous English realist writer. R. in Calcutta. After the death of his father, a colonial official, he...

THACKERAY William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) was a famous English realist writer. R. in Calcutta. After the death of his father, a colonial official, he...

The story is a parody of fake, pseudo-historical novels that idealize the Middle Ages.

In this satirical story, the author once again raises the issue of petty snobbery of people trying to show themselves as “true aristocrats” from an ancient n...