* The tyranny of e-mail Nov 4, 2009
Compare this with the Victorian era, when letter writing was both a form of entertainment and a necessary means of keeping in touch X Henry James had more than 1,000 correspondents, while William Makepeace Thackeray wrote 15 letters every morning. But there are less quantifiable effects. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
• Can I get a nuisance car towed? May 9, 2009
- William Makepeace Thackeray. Help honor officers. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
History of the Athenaeum Club Apr 13, 2009
One story recounted by member Percy Fitzgerald recalls observing the former close friends Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray reconciling on the grand staircase after years of estrangement. Other notable club members included Joseph Conrad, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Wellesley the Duke of Wellington, Sir Walter Scott, Cecil Rhodes, Winston Churchill and Sir Alec Guiness. (Suite101.com)
M-Z Essential 1700s and 1800s Briti... Mar 22, 2009
V - Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray ... Titled as A Novel Without A Hero, it famously includes the character of Becky SharpIt is the best known work of respected writer William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863). (Suite101.com)
Stanford Researcher Spotlights Antebellum Artists Who Protested Slavery Feb 21, 2009
Here's a case in point: On the morning of March 3, 1853, the little-known English painter Eyre Crowe, who traveled America with author William Makepeace Thackeray, saw an advertisement in Richmond, Va. for a slave auction: "Fifteen likely negroes to be disposed of between half-past nine and twelvefive men, six women, two boys, and two girls.". (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
