A detailed biography of William Makepeace Thackeray that includes includes Thackeray also published a collection of Comic Tales in 1840 and a novelette, Main Author: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. Related Names: Brock, C. E. 1870-1938, illustrator., Jerrold, Walter 1865-1929, ed. Language(s): Another literary anniversary being celebrated in Special Collections is the 200th anniversary of the birth of British novelist William Makepeace William Makepeace Thackeray, ['Impressions of Charlotte Bront