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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: William Makepeace Thackeray

Author: William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

Alternate Name(s): Fitzboodle (pseudonym); Michael Angelo Titmarsh (pseudonym)

Biography: Novelist. Father of novelist Anne Isabella Thackeray. Editor of Cornhill Magazine (1860–1862). See entry in DNB or Sutherland.

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References: DNB; NCBEL; Peter L. Shillingsburg, Pegasus in Harness: Victorian Publishing and W. M. Thackeray (University of Virginia, 1992); Sutherland; Vann

Fiction Titles:

  1. The Paris Sketch Book.  2 vol.  London: Hugh Cunningham, 1840.
  2. Comic Tales and Sketches.  2 vol.  London: Hugh Cunningham, 1841.
  3. The Irish Sketch Book.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1843.
  4. Mrs. Perkin's Ball.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1847.
  5. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero.  1 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
  6. Our Street.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1848.
  7. The Book of Snobs.  1 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
  8. The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, his Friends and his Greatest Enemy.  2 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849.
  9. Doctor Birch and his Young Friends.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1849.
  10. The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond.  1 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849.
  11. Rebecca and Rowena: A Romance upon Romance.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1850.
  12. The Kickleburys on the Rhine.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1850.
  13. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1852.
  14. The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family.  2 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1855.
  15. The Rose and the Ring: or, The History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1855.
  16. The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon.  1 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1856.
  17. A Shabby Genteel Story.  1 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857.
  18. The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century.  2 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1859.
  19. Lovel the Widower.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1861.
  20. The Adventures of Philip on his Way Through the World: Showing who Robbed him, who Helped him, and who Passed him by.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1862.
  21. Denis Duval.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1867.
  22. Catherine: A Story.  1 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1869.