William Makepeace Thackeray

Kubrick did, in fact, come to make one of the greatest period movies of all time: "Barry Lyndon," for which William Makepeace Thackeray supplied the picaresque form, characters and much of the dialogue.

How Stanley Kubrick Met His Waterloo Frederic Raphael 2011

"What sends picturesque tourists to the Rhine and Saxon Switzerland as within five miles round the pretty inn of Glengarriff there is a country of the magnificence of which no pen can give an idea," Victorian author William Makepeace Thackeray wrote in 1842.

A Luring Wild Otherworldliness John Crowley 2011

Franco gamely tackles a modified William Makepeace Thackeray monologue: "A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute bump, may marry whom she likes."

Karen Dalton-Beninato: A Perelman Cultural Mashup, or: Oh, Those Oscars! Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011

By then the restaurant had become synonymous with fine dining, and just about every important personage in New York and famous visitor to the city, including Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, dined at "Del's," as its competitors, like Rector's and Louis Sherry, became equally notable for the grandeur and scale of their décor and cuisine.

America's Great Historic Restaurants John Mariani 2010

By then the restaurant had become synonymous with fine dining, and just about every important personage in New York and famous visitor to the city, including Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, dined at "Del's," as its competitors, like Rector's and Louis Sherry, became equally notable for the grandeur and scale of their décor and cuisine.

America's Great Historic Restaurants John Mariani 2010

By then the restaurant had become synonymous with fine dining, and just about every important personage in New York and famous visitor to the city, including Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, dined at "Del's," as its competitors, like Rector's and Louis Sherry, became equally notable for the grandeur and scale of their décor and cuisine.

America's Great Historic Restaurants John Mariani 2010

It was as though William Makepeace Thackeray had seen the future and it was "Mean Girls."

Fine Films From British Books 2010

Greenstreet shows up as William Makepeace Thackeray about 3/4 into the movie but he is worth the wait and then some.

A-Wuthering We Will Go: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009

One of Julia's favourite quotations was from William Makepeace Thackeray who had this to say of New Orleans, calling it a place "where of all the Cities in the world, you can eat the most and suffer the least."

Stephen Fry: The Great Stink of 2005 2008

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray This satirical novel, serialized from 1847 to 1848, follows the adventures of Amelia Sedley, whose wealthy family goes bankrupt, and social-climbing Becky Sharp, whose husband, Rawdon Crawley, is cut off from his family's wealth.

Debtor's Prism Margaret Atwood 2008