Talk:William Makepeace Thackeray

message: A new article at William Thackeray needs to have its content merged with this article. -- Infrogmation 20:32, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge etc.

message: How is he "known almost exclusively as the author of Vanity Fair?"
He wrote the novel that became a movie that won four Oscars.
  Indeed, I think I hear far more about Barry Lyndon than Vanity Fair, which I always connected more with the Pilgrim's Progress.Anymouse (talk) 06:05, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about Barry Lyndon?  

message: I am curious to know why Jane Carlyle refersto William Thackeray as "the gigantic Thackeray".
She does this in a letter to her cousin, Jeannie "Babbie" Welsh (dated 23rd Dec., 1843, and published in "The Virago Book of Christmas" by Michelle Lovric); and in the context of the letter, it seems to refer to his physical stature than rather than to his stature in society. --peter_english (talk) 22:05, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is he "gigantic"? 

message: Thackery reported to be died of spasms of heart.I think it's better to state it the same instead of using ' stroke '  to save readers from any confusion.--Mike robert (talk) 23:39, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Health Issues

message: I reread the whole story about his father's first wife, his mother's relatives lying to her about the fate of her love, the death of his father, how his mother remarried to her original love . . . I reread the whole thing twice, trying to figure out how any of it pertained to Thackeray himself.  Possibly (probably) it was a major influence when he wrote Vanity Fair, as it has some similarities to the story of Amelia and Dobbins, but I don't think it's important to be one of the first things we learn about Thackeray's life.  So, I moved it to a new section that I entitled "Family Influences", although I don't really care for that section very much. Banaticus (talk) 09:53, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Father's First Wife, move to middle of article

message: I removed the date of birth (was listed as 1837) from the article.  I have not found a reliable date yet, but 1837 seems improbable since the first daughter was born in July 1837.  The third was born in 1840, so the second was probably 1839.  Anybody have a reliable source for the date? Raymondwinn (talk) 12:08, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Second daughter's birthdate

message: The drawing used (as of Jan 2012) in the fourth position down (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/William_Makepeace_Thackeray_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_13103.jpg) is identified (in the Project Gutenberg file) as Thackeray, but I am willing to wager that it is not. The hair, the nose shape, the chin shape are all distinctly different from the previous portrait and the photograph. I removed it today; if somebody can find concrete proof that I am wrong, let him feel good about re-inserting it.--Raymondwinn (talk) 04:24, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a Thackeray portrait? 

message: I would like to see reference to the high regard Charlotte Brontë writes of in the preface to the second edition of Jane Eyre. I'm not qualified/educated enough to be able to do this but it seems very interesting... a real moral and uplifting appreciation. 
Benvhoff (talk) 09:41, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charlotte Brontë 

message: Was William Makepeace Thackeray the poet who wrote Little Billee? The text of the poem is in the public domain, but it might not be allowed to be put in the article. If he is, should a reference to the poem, if not the poem itself, be added? 67.8.227.76 (talk) 02:20, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: He wrote a version of it, according to an OUP web page. -- Hoary (talk) 12:25, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Was this the same poet who wrote Little Billee?