Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life… - William Makepeace Thackeray

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Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life of the time; of the manners, the movement, the dress, the pleasures, the laughter, the ridicules of society—the old times live again, and I travel in the old country of England. Can the heaviest historian do more for me?

William Makepeace Thackeray

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About William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English Victorian novelist and illustrator, known for his satirical works.

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Alternative Names: George Fitz-Boodle • Michael Angelo Titmarsh

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