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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) was a British novelist and author. He is known for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. Thackeray began as a satirist and parodist, writing works that displayed a sneaking fondness for roguish upstarts such as Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair and the title characters of The Luck of Barry Lyndon and Catherine. In his earliest works, written under such pseudonyms as Charles James Yellowplush, Michael Angelo Titmarsh and George Savage Fitz-Boodle, he tended towards savagery in his attacks on high society, military prowess, the institution of marriage and hypocrisy.
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Author names not noted above: Matthew Arnold, John Ruskin, Walter Bagehot, Thomas Henry Huxley, Edward Freeman, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Ellery Channing, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Abraham Lincoln, James Russell LowellnnOriginally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.nnVolume XXVIII features essays from 12 essential writers on both sides of the Atlantic, personal reflections and cultural criticisms that continue to impact literature today:nn¿ "Jonathan Swift" by William Thackerayn¿ "The Idea of a University" by John Henry Newmann¿ "The Study of Poetry" by Matthew Arnoldn¿ "Sesame and Lilies" by John Ruskinn¿ "John Milton" by Walter Bagehotn¿ "Science and Culture" by Thomas Henry Huxleyn¿ "Race and Language" by Edward Freemann¿ "Truth of Intercourse" and "Samuel Pepys" by Robert Louis Stevensonn¿ "On the Elevation of the Laboring Classes" by William Ellery Channingn¿ "The Poetic Principle" by Edgar Allan Poen¿ "Walking" by Henry David Thoreaun¿ "Abraham Lincoln" and "Democracy" by James Russell Lowell
