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Interactive
Curated OER

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions based on Vanity Fair. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 29 short answer and essay questions based on Thackeray's Vanity Fair. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vanity Fair Part 5

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch the fifth part of "Vanity Fair." students answer and discuss questions relating to this section of the film.
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Unit Plan
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: William Makepeace Thackeray

For Students 9th - 10th
From a detailed biography, list of works, and political and social history to essays about imagery, setting, themes, and more, this site provides a variety of excellent resources related to the author Vanity Fair, William Makepeace...
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eBook
Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: Vanity Fair [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "Vanity Fair" by William Makepeace Thackeray is available here in PDF format. Vanity Fair, which was first released in 1847, is 1,100 pages pages long.
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Website
City University of New York

Cuny: William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated essays are the primary feature of this site. Includes a number of links to other resources, and a fairly detailed discussion of "Vanity Fair."
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: American Beauties: Drawings From the Golden Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Online Exhibit of stylized icons of feminine beauty from America's "Golden age of illustration" (1880?1920s).
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: William Makepeace Thackeray

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on William Makepeace Thackeray including a link to a Thackeray biography and a link to the full text of his satirical novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.
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eBook
University of Pennsylvania

U Penn Digital Library: Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

For Students 9th - 10th
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of 18 of Thackeray's works.
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Primary
Other

Poetry.net: "The Chronicle of the Drum" by Thackeray

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of William Makepeace Thackeray's poem "The Chronicle of the Drum", a narrative of French military history. This ballad was written in Paris, in 1841, at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: William Makepeace Thackeray

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographial note on William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), English journalist, novelist. Includes disucssion of his famous novel, VANITY FAIR (1847-48), a tale of two middle-class London families.