1、William Makepeace Thackeray(18111863)精选可编辑ppt2Anne Becher Thackerayand William Thackeray at about age 2精选可编辑ppt4Brief introductionBrief introduction精选可编辑ppt5C.Thackeray is a satirist.His satire is caustic（苛性）（苛性）and his humor is subtle(精巧的精巧的)D.Beside being a realist and satirist.Thackeray is a mora
2、list.His aim is to produce a moral impression in all his novels精选可编辑ppt6Famous saying精选可编辑ppt7Born in IndiaPreparatory schoolsPublic schoolTrinity college,CambridgeLeft without degreeStudy the law Study painting in PairsAs Paris correspondentFocus on series of writing精选可编辑ppt8His Life Experiencesucc
3、ess inwriting careerfailure in his life1.tragic marriage 2.looked down upon by his peers3.heart troubles died of heart attack in London on Christmas Eve in 1863 精选可编辑ppt9The Ballad of Bouillabaisse法国炖鱼民谣The Great Hogg arty Diamond霍佳蒂钻石The Yellow plush Correspondence尝试记者MainWorks精选可编辑ppt10精选可编辑ppt11精
4、选可编辑ppt12精选可编辑ppt13精选可编辑ppt14 Vanity Fair精选可编辑ppt15精选可编辑ppt16精选可编辑ppt17SharpAmeliaGeorgeDobbinRawdon精选可编辑ppt18精选可编辑ppt19精选可编辑ppt20精选可编辑ppt21Major Characters精选可编辑ppt22Background精选可编辑ppt23Main plot精选可编辑ppt24characters精选可编辑ppt25精选可编辑ppt26A:In the novel Thackeray describes the life of the rulingclasses
5、of England in the early decades of the 19thcentury,and attacks the social relationship of thebourgeois world by satirizing the individual in thedifferent strata of the upper society.B:Becky Sharp is a classic example of the money-grubbing instinct,her only aspiration in life is to gainwealth position by any means.Every wishes to gain something in the Vanity Fair and acts almost in thesame manner as Becky.C:There are hardly any positive characters in Vanity Fair.精选可编辑ppt27Theme精选可编辑ppt28
