William Thackeray 威廉姆.萨克雷.pptVIP

William Makepeace Thackeray(1811—1863);born in Calcutta on July 18, 1811 parents, of Anglo-Indian descent; father, appointed to a position in the Indian Civil Service in 1817, after his father’s death, sent home to England to be educated (a succession of preparatory schools; then public school at the Charterhouse) in 1829, entered Trinity College, Cambridge; formed friendship with Tennyson, Edward Fitzgerald William Brookfield; left without a degree;with comfortable income from his father’s estate, could afford to take an active part in the society travel on his return to London, began to study law abandoned it a year later; later, decided to study painting, unsuccessful in 1833, lost a considerable sum of money by buying editing a short-lived paper extravagance unwise investment dissipated the rest of his inheritance; by 1834, compelled to earn his living;in 1836, married an Irish girl, Isabella Shawe, 3 daughters (2 survived) after birth of the 3rd daughter, Mrs. Thackeray became mentally ill; until in 1842, had to be confined in the wreck of marriage, reared his daughters, not free to remarry; the rest of his domestic life, frequently sad lonely after the ill health for more than 10 years, died of a cerebral effusion in 1863, at Kensington, London;His Literary Works ;His Literary Works ;5) The History of Henny Esmond《亨利?埃斯蒙德》 6) The Virginians 《弗吉尼亚人》;Vanity Fair: General Introduction;;Vanity Fair: General Introduction;Major Characters;Plot;Plot; 小说从讲述蓓姬.夏普和阿米利亚.赛得莱二人离开克律斯维克学校开始。蓓姬父母双亡，跟随阿米利亚到她的家中暂住。阿米利亚对于进入“名利场”没有兴趣，而蓓姬则是一心一意想进入这个圈子。她深知，她既无钱财，又无地位，要进入这个圈子只能靠自己的本领。 她到了阿米利亚家中后，首先是设法得到约瑟夫.赛得莱（阿米利亚的兄弟）的好感，希望能够嫁给他。但乔治.奥斯朋（阿米利亚的未婚夫）看破了她的企图，并阻挠此事，因为他不希望有蓓姬这样的穷亲戚。; 蓓姬无可奈何，离开了阿米利亚的家，到有钱有势的克罗莱家去当了女管家。这次她的努力获得成功。她成为罗登.克罗莱的妻子。但在这个家族中，掌握财权的人是罗登的姑妈。这个富婆反对罗登的婚姻，剥夺了他的继承权。 阿米利亚的家境其实并不富有。因此，奥斯朋的父亲打算阻止他的儿子与阿米利亚的婚姻。但他的阻挠未能实现。他们两人的好友威廉.朵平促成了这椿婚事。奥斯朋的父亲剥夺了他儿子的继承权。两人生活艰难，后来乔治又死于滑铁卢战场。威廉.朵平暗地里资助阿米得亚。由于贫困，阿米利亚把她的儿子乔杰交给了爷爷奥斯朋。威廉.朵平做工作让阿米利亚同她的爷爷和好，最后，威廉与阿米利亚结婚。; 另一方