Thackeray
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He hosts many literary dinners, where the likes of publisher Edward Chapman and writer William Makepeace Thackeray might be calling for more port.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
The state's previous chief minister Uddhav Thackeray revived it last year, proposing Barsu as the new site.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
I went back and read a lot of Dickens, a lot of Thackeray; I read Austen, even though she's not Victorian era, and I had a lot of fun with that.
From Salon ● May 16, 2023
“It’s fascinating. The whole of humanity is here; it’s vanity fair,” he quipped, making a reference to the 19th-century novel by British author William Makepeace Thackeray, which satirizes rampant ego, class and consumerism.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
Death had not improved Thackeray Porringer’s temper, and now he was shouting, “I know you’re here somewhere! Come out and take your punishment, you, you thief!”
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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