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1、WilliamMakepeaceThackeray(1811—1863)borninCalcuttaonJuly18,1811parents,ofAnglo-Indiandescent;father,appointedtoapositionintheIndianCivilServicein1817,afterhisfather’sdeath,senthometoEnglandtobeeducated(asuccessionofpreparatoryschools;thenpublicschool
2、attheCharterhouse)in1829,enteredTrinityCollege,Cambridge;formedfriendshipwithTennyson,EdwardFitzgerald&WilliamBrookfield;leftwithoutadegreeThackeray’Life(p.187-192)withcomfortableincomefromhisfather’sestate,couldaffordtotakeanactivepartinthesociety&t
3、ravelonhisreturntoLondon,begantostudylaw&abandoneditayearlater;later,decidedtostudypainting,unsuccessfulin1833,lostaconsiderablesumofmoneybybuying&editingashort-livedpaperextravagance&unwiseinvestmentdissipatedtherestofhisinheritance;by1834,compelled
4、toearnhislivingThackeray’Life(p.187-192)in1836,marriedanIrishgirl,IsabellaShawe,3daughters(2survived)afterbirthofthe3rddaughter,Mrs.Thackeraybecamementallyill;untilin1842,hadtobeconfinedinthewreckofmarriage,rearedhisdaughters,notfreetoremarry;therest
5、ofhisdomesticlife,frequentlysad&lonelyaftertheillhealthformorethan10years,diedofacerebraleffusionin1863,atKensington,LondonThackeray’Life(p.187-192)HisLiteraryWorks1)TheBookofSnobs《势利人脸谱》《势利者集》Itgivesasatiricaldescriptionofthedifferentstrataoftheruli
6、ngclassesofEngland.HisLiteraryWorks2)VanityFair《名利场》3)TheHistoryofPendennis《彭登尼斯》4)TheNewcomes《纽克姆一家》5)TheHistoryofHennyEsmond《亨利•埃斯蒙德》6)TheVirginians《弗吉尼亚人》VanityFair:GeneralIntroductionVanityFairisThackeray'smasterpiece.Itwaspublishedin1847-48inmon
7、thlyinstallments.Thesub-titleofthebook,“ANovelWithoutaHero”,suggeststhefactthatwriter'sintentionwasnottoportrayindividuals,butthebourgeoisandaristocraticsocietyasawhole.ThetitlewastakenfromBunyan's“Pilgrim'sProgress”.VanityFair:GeneralIntroductionInt
8、hisnovelThackeraydescribesthelifeoftherulingclassesofEnglandintheearlydecadesofthe19thcentury.Itisaworldwheremoneygrubbingisthemainmotiveforallmembersoftherulingclasses.MajorCharactersRebeccaSharp:小说中的主角，家境贫寒，但一心想挤入上流社会。Becky是Rebecca的简称。因此，人们称她为蓓姬.夏普
