author
William Makepeace Thackeray
1811–1863
Best known for Vanity Fair, he wrote sharp, funny novels that exposed the ambitions and pretenses of Victorian society. He was also an illustrator, and his books often mix satire with an unexpectedly warm understanding of human weakness.
46 Audiobooks
Doctor Birch and His Young Friends
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Virginians
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Barry Lyndon
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Fitz-Boodle Papers
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Rose and the Ring
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Catherine: A Story
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Roundabout Papers
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The History of Pendennis
by William Makepeace Thackeray
La foire aux vanités, Tome I
by William Makepeace Thackeray
La foire aux vanités, Tome II
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Fatal Boots
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Book of Snobs
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Burlesques
by William Makepeace Thackeray
John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Some Roundabout Papers
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Comic Almanack, Volume 1 An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
by William Makepeace Thackeray, Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, Henry Mayhew, Horace Mayhew, Albert Smith
The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Second Funeral of Napoleon
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Les mémoires d'un valet de pied
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Comic Almanack, Volume 2 An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
by William Makepeace Thackeray, Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, Henry Mayhew, Horace Mayhew, Albert Smith
Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
by William Makepeace Thackeray
George Cruikshank
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Bedford-Row Conspiracy
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Samuel Titmarsh: Tarina isosta Hoggartyn timantista
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Men's Wives
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Wolves and the Lamb
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh; and the Irish Sketch Book
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Ballads
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan
by William Makepeace Thackeray
A Little Dinner at Timmins's
by William Makepeace Thackeray
A négy György : Kor-rajzi képek az angol udvari és városi életből
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman
by Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray
The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh
by William Makepeace Thackeray
The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond
by William Makepeace Thackeray
"Our Street"
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Henry Esmondin historia: Hänen itsensä kertomana
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Gedenkschriften van den heer Yellowplush : Voorheen bediende in vele aanzienlijke huizen
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Geschiedenis van Arthur Pendennis : Zijn voor- en tegenspoed, zijn vrienden en zijn grootsten vijand
by William Makepeace Thackeray
About the author
Born in Calcutta on July 18, 1811, William Makepeace Thackeray became one of the major English novelists of the Victorian era. He studied law and art before turning to journalism and magazine writing, building a career through essays, sketches, satire, and fiction.
His reputation rests above all on Vanity Fair (published 1847–48), the novel that first appeared under his own name and remains his best-known work. He is also remembered for The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. and for the lively, observant way he wrote about status, money, vanity, and everyday social performance.
Thackeray was not only a novelist but an illustrator and a regular contributor to periodicals, including Punch. He died in London on December 24, 1863, but his writing still feels fresh for listeners who enjoy wit, social comedy, and characters drawn with both irony and sympathy.