![]() ![]() ![]() Thackeray's health declined due to excessive eating, drinking, and lack of exercise. He unsuccessfully ran for Parliament in 1857 and edited the Cornhill Magazine in 1860. Thackeray gained fame with his novel Vanity Fair and produced several other notable works. His wife Isabella suffered from mental illness, leaving Thackeray a de facto widower. He turned to journalism to support his family, primarily working for Fraser's Magazine, The Times, and Punch. Thackeray squandered much of his inheritance on gambling and unsuccessful newspapers. He studied at various schools and briefly attended Trinity College, Cambridge, before leaving to travel Europe. Thackeray was born in Calcutta, British India, and was sent to England after his father's death in 1815. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick. ![]() William Makepeace Thackeray ( / ˈ θ æ k ər i/ THAK-ər-ee 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist, author and illustrator. ![]()
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