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1、WilliamMakepeaceThackeray制作人：张书敬陈改英WilliamMakepeaceThackerayWilliamMakepeaceThackerayFamilylifeandbackgroundWilliamMakepeaceThackeraywasbornin1811,inCaleutta,India,inthefamilyofanEnglishofficial.Thackeray'sfather,Richmond,wasbornatSouthMimmsandwenttoIndiain1798attheageofsixteentoassumehisdutiesa
2、swriter(secretary).WilliamMakepeaceThackerayAnneBecher,born1792,was"oneofthereigningbeautiesoftheday,"adaughterofJohnHarmonBech.Herfamily'sdeceptionwasunexpectedlyrevealedin1812,whenRichmondThackerayunwittinglyinvitedtodinnerthesupposedlydeadCarmichael-Smyth.ReputationandlegacyDuringtheVictorian
3、era,ThackeraywasrankedsecondonlytoCharlesDickens,butheisnowmuchlessreadandisknownalmostexclusivelyforVanityFair.InThackeray'sownday,somecommentators,suchasAnthonyTrollope,rankedhisHistoryofHenryEsmondashisgreatestwork.WorksTimbuctooYellowplushVanityFairPendennisNewcomesTheHistoryofHenryEsmondWil
4、liamMakepeaceThackerayBiographyWilliamMakepeaceThackeraytravelledforsometimeonthecontinent,visitingParisandWeimar,wherehemetGoethe.Intheearly1840s,Thackerayhadsomesuccesswithtwotravelbooks,TheParisSketchBookandTheIrishSketchBook.BiographyHeremained"atthetopofthetree,"asheputit,fortheremainingdec
5、adeandahalfofhislife,producingseverallargenovels.ThackerayalsogavelecturesinLondonontheEnglishhumouristsoftheeighteenthcentury,andonthefirstfourHanoverianmonarchs.ThackerayportrayedbyEyreCrowe,1845Title-pagetoVanityFair,drawnbyThackeray,whofurnishedtheillustrationsformanyofhisearliereditions.Tha
6、ckerayportrayedbyEyreCrowe,1845GoodbyeThanksforyourlistening
