William Makepeace THACKERAY
William Makepeace Thackeray.
Born on 18 July 1811 in Calcutta, British India.
Died on 24 December 1863 in London, England.
Wikipedia: English,
French.
Categories: Novels,
Short Stories and Novellas,
Christmas Books,
Theatre,
Poems,
Satirical Sketches,
Travel Books,
Essays,
References.
NOVELS
Catherine (1839–1840).
Serialised in Fraser’s Magazine from May 1839 to February 1840, in seven instalments, under the title Catherine: A Story, by Ikey Solomons, Esq. Junior. Collected posthumously in The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, volume 22, in 1869.
English: May,
June,
July,
August and
November 1839,
January and
February 1840 (Fraser’s Magazine);
1869 (London, Works, XXII);
1870 (Boston);
1870 (Leipzig);
1874 (London);
1876 (London);
1877 (London);
1879 (London);
1881 (New York);
1881 (Boston);
1883 (Boston);
1884 (New York);
1885 (London);
1886 (Boston);
1889 (Boston and New York);
1891 (New York);
1891 (Boston);
1896 (Boston).
A Shabby Genteel Story (unfinished, 1840).
Serialised in Fraser’s Magazine from June to October 1840, in four instalments. Collected in A Shabby Genteel Story, and Other Tales in 1852.
English: June,
July,
August and
October 1840 (Fraser’s Magazine);
1852 (New York);
1853 (New York);
1857 (London, Miscellanies, IV);
1857 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, VII);
1869 (London, Works, X).
Men’s Wives (1843).
Serialised in Fraser’s Magazine from March to November 1843, in eight instalments, under the pseudonym of George Fitz-Boodle. The first two instalments were originally presented as part of the Confessions of George Fitz-Boodle (see The Fitz-Boodle Papers). Published in book form in 1852.
English: March,
April,
May,
June,
August,
September,
October and
November 1843 (Fraser’s Magazine);
1852 (New York);
1853 (New York);
1857 (London, Miscellanies, IV);
1857 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, VIII);
1869 (London, Works, XVIII).
The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844).
Serialised in Fraser’s Magazine from January to December 1844, in 11 instalments, under the title The Luck of Barry Lyndon: A Romance of the Last Century, by Fitz-Boodle. Published in book form in December 1852 (dated 1853). Published in 1856 under the title The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq., of the Kingdom of Ireland.
English: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
November and
December 1844 (Fraser’s Magazine);
1853, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (New York);
1856 (London);
1856 (London, Miscellanies, III);
1856 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, VI);
1869 (London, Works, XIII).
French: Mémoires de Barry Lyndon (Léon de Wailly, 1857; see also
1865).
Vanity Fair (1847–1848).
Published from January 1847 to July 1848, in 19 monthly fascicles, under the title Vanity Fair: Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society. Published in book form in 1848, under the title Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero.
English: 1848 (London);
1848 (New York);
1848, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (Leipzig);
1869, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London, Works, I–II).
French: La foire aux vanités, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Georges Guiffrey, 1855, ed. 1876);
• La foire aux vanités (Jeanne Richard, 1947);
• La foire aux vanités (Lucienne Molitor, 1958).
The History of Pendennis (1848–1850).
Published from November 1848 to December 1850, in 26 monthly fascicles, under the title The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy.
English: 1849, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (Leipzig);
1849–1850, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London);
1850, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (New York);
1850–1851, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Paris);
1869, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London, Works, III–IV).
French: Pendennis, I–III,
IV–VI,
VII–X and
XI–XIV (anonymous, 1851; the first 14 chapters, serialised in the Revue britannique; published in book form in 1855, under the title La jeunesse de Pendennis, along with Le diamant de famille);
• Histoire de Pendennis (Édouard Scheffter, 1858);
• Histoire de Pendennis (Christine Lalou, 1948);
• Pendennis (Anatole Rivoallan, 1956).
The History of Henry Esmond (1852).
English: 1852, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London);
1852 (New York);
1852, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig);
1869 (London, Works, VII).
French: Henry Esmond (Léon de Wailly, 1856);
• L’histoire d’Henry Esmond (Raymond Las Vergnas and Henri Servajean, 1935).
The Newcomes (1853–1855).
Published from October 1853 to August 1855, in 24 monthly fascicles (the last two issued the same month), under the title The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Also serialised in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine from November 1853 to October 1855, in 23 instalments. Published in book form in 1854–1855.
English: November and
December 1853,
January,
February,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November and
December 1854,
January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September and
October 1855 (Harper’s Magazine);
1854–1855, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London);
1854–1855, vol. 1,
vol. 2,
vol. 3 and
vol. 4 (Leipzig);
1855, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London);
1855, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (New York);
1869, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London, Works, V–VI).
The Virginians (1857–1859).
Published from November 1857 to October 1859, in 24 monthly fascicles, under the title The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century. Also serialised in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine from December 1857 to November 1859, in 24 instalments. Published in book form in 1858–1859.
English: November 1857 and
September 1858 (two of the 24 monthly fascicles);
December 1857,
January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November and
December 1858,
January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October and
November 1859 (Harper’s Magazine);
1858–1859, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London);
1858–1859, vol. 1,
vol. 2,
vol. 3 and
vol. 4 (Leipzig);
1859 (New York);
1869, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London, Works, VIII–IX).
Lovel the Widower (1860).
Serialised in The Cornhill Magazine from January to June 1860, in six instalments. Published in book form in 1861.
English: January,
February,
March,
April,
May and
June 1860 (The Cornhill Magazine);
1861 (London);
1866 (London);
1869 (London, Works, XXI).
French: Le veuf et l’ingénue (Karine Lemoine, 2011).
The Adventures of Philip (1861–1862).
Serialised in The Cornhill Magazine from January 1861 to August 1862, in 20 instalments, under the title The Adventures of Philip on his Way through the World, shewing who robbed him, who helped him, and who passed him by. Published in book form in 1862.
English: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November and
December 1861,
January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July and
August 1862 (The Cornhill Magazine);
1862, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London);
1862, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig);
1869, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London, Works, X–XI).
Denis Duval (unfinished, 1864).
Serialised posthumously in The Cornhill Magazine from March to June 1864, in four instalments. Also serialised in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine from April to July 1864, in four instalments.
English: March,
April,
May and
June 1864 (The Cornhill Magazine);
April,
May,
June and
July 1864 (Harper’s Magazine);
1864 (New York);
1869 (London, Works, XXI).
SHORT STORIES and NOVELLAS
The Professor (1837).
Published in Bentley’s Miscellany of September 1837, under the title The Professor: A Tale, by Goliah Gahagan. Collected in Comic Tales and Sketches, vol. 2, in 1841, under the title The Professor: A Tale of Sentiment.
English: September 1837 (Bentley’s Miscellany);
1841 (London, Comic Tales, II);
1852 (New York);
1853 (New York).
Stubb’s Calendar, or The Fatal Boots (1838).
Published in The Comic Almanack for 1839 on 8 December 1838. Collected in Comic Tales and Sketches, vol. 2, in 1841.
English: December 1838 (The Comic Almanack);
1841 (London, Comic Tales, II);
1855 (London, Miscellanies, I);
1856 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, III);
c. 1860 (London);
1869 (London, Works, XXI).
Some Passages in the Life of Major Gahagan (1838–1839).
Serialised in The New Monthly Magazine from February 1838 to February 1839, in five instalments, under the titles Some Passages in the Life of Major Gahagan, Historical Recollections by Major Gahagan, and Major Gahagan’s Historical Reminiscences. Collected in Comic Tales and Sketches, vol. 2, in 1841.
English: February,
March,
November and
December 1838, and
February 1839 (The New Monthly Magazine);
1841 (London, Comic Tales, II);
1852 (New York);
1853 (New York);
1855 (London, Miscellanies, I);
1856 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, III);
1869 (London, Works, XVI).
Barber Cox, and the Cutting of His Comb (1839).
Published in The Comic Almanack for 1840 in December 1839.
English: December 1839 (The Comic Almanack);
1855 (London, Miscellanies, I);
1856 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, IV);
c. 1860 (London);
1869 (London, Works, XVI).
The Yellowplush Papers (1837–1840).
Serialised in Fraser’s Magazine from November 1837 to August 1838, in nine instalments, under the title The Yellowplush Correspondence, followed with Epistles to the Literati, No. XIII in January 1840. Collected in Comic Tales and Sketches, vol. 1, in 1841, under the title Papers by Mr. Yellowplush, Sometime Footman in Many Genteel Families. Printed the same year as a complement to Charles Dickens’s Master Humphrey’s Clock, vol. 2 (Paris edition). Published as a book titled The Yellowplush Papers in 1852 (New York). Collected in Miscellanies, vol. 2 (London edition), in 1856, under the title The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush, Sometime Footman in Many Genteel Families.
Contains : I. Fashnable Fax and Polite Annygoats. — II. Miss Shum’s Husband. — III. The Amours of Mr. Deuceace: Dimond Cut Dimond. — IV. Skimmings from “The Dairy of George IV.” — V. Foring Parts. — VI. Mr. Deuceace at Paris. — VII. Mr. Yellowplush’s Ajew. — VIII. Epistles to the Literati, No. XIII.
English: November 1837,
January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July and
August 1838,
January 1840 (Fraser’s Magazine);
1841 (London, Comic Tales, I);
1841 (Paris);
1852 (New York);
1853 (New York);
1856 (London, Miscellanies, II);
1856 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, IV);
1869 (London, Works, XII).
French: Les mémoires d’un valet de pied (William Hughes, 1859; free translation of sections II and III; see also 1946).
The Bedford-Row Conspiracy (1840).
Serialised in The New Monthly Magazine from January to April 1840, in three instalments. Collected in Comic Tales and Sketches, vol. 2, in 1841.
English: January,
March and
April 1840 (The New Monthly Magazine);
1841 (London, Comic Tales, II);
1852 (New York);
1853 (New York);
1856 (London, Miscellanies, III);
1857 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, VII);
1869 (London, Works, XXI).
The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond (1841).
Serialised in Fraser’s Magazine from September to December 1841, in four instalments. Published in book form in 1849.
English: September,
October,
November and
December 1841 (Fraser’s Magazine);
1849 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, I);
1852 (London);
1857 (London, Miscellanies, IV);
1869 (London, Works, XIII).
French: Le diamant de famille, I–VI,
VII–VIII and
IX–XIII (anonymous, 1853; serialised in the Revue britannique; published in book form in 1855, along with La jeunesse de Pendennis).
The Legend of Jawbrahim-Heraudee (1842).
Published in Punch on 18 June 1842.
English: 1908 (London, The Oxford Thackeray, VII).
The Fitz-Boodle Papers (1842–1843).
Published in Fraser’s Magazine from June 1842 to February 1843, in five instalments, the second one under the title Professions by George Fitz-Boodle: Being Appeals to the Unemployed Younger Sons of the Nobility, and the others under the general title Fitz-Boodle’s Confessions for the first and third instalments, and Confessions of George Fitz-Boodle for the last two. The first two instalments of the novel Men’s Wives, serialised in Fraser’s Magazine in 1843, were originally presented as part of the Confessions of George Fitz-Boodle.
Contains : I. Preface. — II. Professions. — III. Miss Löwe. — IV. Dorothea. — V. Ottilia.
English: June,
July and
October 1842,
January and
February 1843 (Fraser’s Magazine);
1852 (New York);
1853 (New York);
1857 (London, Miscellanies, IV; only the first two sections);
1857 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, VII; only the first two sections);
1869 (London, Works, XXII).
A Legend of the Rhine (1845).
Serialised in George Cruikshank’s Table-Book from June to December 1845.
English: June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November and
December 1845 (George Cruikshank’s Table-Book);
1851 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, II);
1856 (London, Miscellanies, III);
1869 (London, Works, XVI).
A Little Dinner at Timmins’s (1848).
Serialised in Punch from 27 May to 29 July 1848, in seven instalments.
English: 27 May,
17 June,
24 June,
1 July,
8 July,
22 July and
29 July 1848 (Punch);
1852 (New York; without the first three chapters);
1853 (New York);
1856 (London, Miscellanies, III);
1857 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, VII);
1869 (London, Works, XXI);
1908 (London, The Oxford Thackeray, VII).
Jeames’s Diary (1845–1850).
Serialised in Punch from 2 August 1845 to 2 February 1850, in nine instalments.
English: 1856 (London, Miscellanies, II);
1856 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, IV);
1869 (London, Works, XVI);
1908 (London, The Oxford Thackeray, VII).
Rebecca and Rowena (1850).
Published in 1850, under the title Rebecca and Rowena: A Romance upon Romance, by Mr. M. A. Titmarsh.
English: 1850 (London);
1850 (Paris);
1851 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, II);
1856 (London, Miscellanies, III);
1869 (London, Works, XVI).
French: Ivanhoé à la rescousse ! (Thierry Beauchamp, 2006).
CHRISTMAS BOOKS
Mrs. Perkins’s Ball (1846).
Published in December 1846.
English: 1869 (London, Works, XVII).
Our Street (1847).
Published in December 1847.
English: 1869 (London, Works, XVII).
Doctor Birch and his Young Friends (1848).
Published in December 1848.
English: 1869 (London, Works, XVII).
The Kickleburys on the Rhine (1850).
Published in December 1850. Collected in Miscellanies (Leipzig edition), vol. 2, in 1851, under the title The Kickleburys Abroad.
English: 1850 (London);
1851 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, II);
1866 (London);
1869 (London, Works, XVII).
The Rose and the Ring (1854).
Published in December 1854.
English: 1869 (London, Works, XVII).
French: La rose et l’anneau (Mélanie Talandier, 1882);
• La rose et l’anneau (Carole Jonquières, 1947);
• La rose et l’anneau (Jean Queval, 1960).
THEATRE
The Wolves and the Lamb.
English: 1869 (London, Works, XXII).
POEMS
The Chronicle of the Drum (1841).
English: 1841 (London);
1851 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, II);
1855 (London, Miscellanies, I);
1869 (London, Works, XVIII);
1908 (London, The Oxford Thackeray, VII).
Ballads.
English: 1855 (London, Miscellanies, I);
1856 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, III);
1908 (London, The Oxford Thackeray, VII).
SATIRICAL SKETCHES
Character Sketches (1839–1840).
Serialised in August 1839, February and May 1840.
English: 1856 (London, Miscellanies, II);
1856 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, V);
1869 (London, Works, XV).
Miss Tickletoby’s Lectures on English History (1842).
Serialised in Punch from July to October 1842.
English: 1908 (London, The Oxford Thackeray, VII).
The History of the Next French Revolution (1844).
Serialised in Punch from February to April 1844.
English: 1869 (London, Works, XVI);
1908 (London, The Oxford Thackeray, VII).
Novels by Eminent Hands (1847).
English: 1856 (London, Miscellanies, II);
1856 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, V);
1869 (London, Works, XVI).
The Book of Snobs (1846–1848).
English: 1848 (London);
1849 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, I);
1855 (London, Miscellanies, I);
1857 (London);
1869 (London, Works, XV).
French: Le livre des snobs (Georges Guiffrey, 1857, ed. c. 1860);
• Le livre des snobs (Raymond Las Vergnas, 1945).
Sketches and Travels in London (1840–1849).
English: 1856 (London, Miscellanies, II);
1856 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, V);
1869 (London, Works, XV).
A Plan for a Prize Novel (1851).
English: 1869 (London, Works, XVI).
TRAVEL BOOKS
The Paris Sketch Book (1840).
English: 1869 (London, Works, XII).
The Irish Sketch Book (1842).
English: 1869 (London, Works, XIV).
Little Travels and Road-Side Sketches (1844–1845).
Serialised in Fraser’s Magazine in May and October 1844, and January 1845.
English: 1869 (London, Works, XXII).
Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo (1846).
English: 1869 (London, Works, XIV).
ESSAYS
George Cruikshank (1840).
Published in The Westminster Review of June 1840.
English: 1869 (London, Works, XXII).
The Second Funeral of Napoleon (1841).
Published in 1841, under the title Mr. Titmarsh to Miss Smith on the Second Funeral of Napoleon.
English: 1841 (London);
1851 (Leipzig, Miscellanies, II);
1869 (London, Works, XX).
The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century (1853).
English: 1860 (New York);
1869 (London, Works, XIX).
John Leech’s Pictures of Life and Character (1854).
Published in The Quarterly Review of December 1854.
English: 1869 (London, Works, XXII).
The Four Georges (1860).
Serialised in The Cornhill Magazine from July to October 1860, in four instalments, under the title The Four Georges: Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court, and Town Life. Published in book form in 1860.
English: July,
August,
September and
October 1860 (The Cornhill Magazine);
1860 (New York);
1862 (London);
1862 (New York);
1869 (London, Works, XIX).
Roundabout Papers (1860–1863).
Serialised in The Cornhill Magazine from January 1860 to November 1863, in 28 instalments.
English: 1869 (London, Works, XX).
REFERENCES
Charles Dickens:
In Memoriam (1864).
English: February 1864 (The Cornhill Magazine).
Edgar Harden:
A Checklist of Contributions by William Makepeace Thackeray to Newspapers, Periodicals, Books, and Serial Part Issues, 1828–1864 (1996).
English: 1996.
Created on 11 February 2023. Updated on 14 March 2023.
