Curated OER
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
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.
Curated OER
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
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...
Curated OER
Vanity Fair Part 5
Students watch the fifth part of "Vanity Fair." students answer and discuss questions relating to this section of the film.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: William Makepeace Thackeray
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...
Planet eBooks
Planet E Book: Vanity Fair [Pdf]
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.
City University of New York
Cuny: William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair
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."
Library of Congress
Loc: American Beauties: Drawings From the Golden Age
Online Exhibit of stylized icons of feminine beauty from America's "Golden age of illustration" (1880?1920s).
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
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.
University of Pennsylvania
U Penn Digital Library: Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of 18 of Thackeray's works.
Other
Poetry.net: "The Chronicle of the Drum" by Thackeray
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.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: William Makepeace Thackeray
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.