the Middle Temple,London
❖ studied law at the Middle Temple, London, during 1831-33 ❖ little enthusiasm to continue his studies ❖ offered to undertake the task of illustrating Dickens’s Pickwick Papers in 1836 ❖ Dickens: Thackeray’s drawings unsuitable the Middle Temple, London
started his career as a hard working journalist many absurd pen names: George Savage Fitz-Boodle Michael Angelo Titmarsh Theophile Wagstaff C.J.Yellowplush 6E$q
❖ started his career as a hard working journalist ❖ many absurd pen names: George Savage Fitz-Boodle Michael Angelo Titmarsh Théophile Wagstaff C.J. Yellowplush Esq
In 1836 he married a poor Irish girl,Isabella Shawe;they had 3 daughters. Thackeray's fame as a writer began in the late 1830s with The Yellowplush Papers(1837-8)
❖ In 1836 he married a poor Irish girl, Isabella Shawe; they had 3 daughters. ❖ Thackeray’s fame as a writer began in the late 1830s with The Yellowplush Papers (1837-8)
Isabella suffered a mental breakdown in 1840 never recovered <survived Thackeray by thirty years *his children send to France to his mother sreturned to England in 1846 to live with him
❖ Isabella suffered a mental breakdown in 1840 never recovered survived Thackeray by thirty years ❖ his children send to France to his mother returned to England in 1846 to live with him
contributed regularly to some magazines. attracted first attention in Punch where he satirized English snobbery. These sketches reappeared in 1848 as The Book of Snobs sin which he stated that“he who meanly(卑贱地) admires mean things is a Snob
❖ contributed regularly to some magazines. ❖ attracted first attention in Punch where he satirized English snobbery. ❖ These sketches reappeared in 1848 as The Book of Snobs in which he stated that “he who meanly (卑贱地) admires mean things is a Snob