William Makepeace Thackeray
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William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the
1855 daguerreotype of William Makepeace Thackeray by Jesse Harrison Whitehurst
William Makepeace Thackeray's signature
Self Caricature by Thackeray
Thackeray portrayed by Eyre Crowe, 1845
Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was publis
William Makepeace Thackeray
…James, with its emphasis on maintaining that illusion, marked a break with Thackeray's techniques. Charlotte Brontë dedicated the second edition of Jane Eyre to Thackeray. In 1887 the Royal Society of Arts unveiled a blue plaque to commemorate Thackeray at the house at 2 Palace Green, London, that had been…
Title page of the first edition, 1847
Young Jane argues with her guardian, Mrs Reed of Gateshead, illustration by F. H. Townsend
St John Rivers admits Jane to Moor House, illustration by F. H. Townsend
The Salutation pub in Hulme, Manchester, where Brontë began to write Jane Eyre; the pub was a lodge in the 1840s.