Thackeray : William Makepeace (1811-63), English Victorian novelist whose work, during his lifetime & for long afterward, was considered equal or superior to that of his fellow-novelist Charles Dickens. Buckland: William was born in Calcutta; his father Richmond Thackeray of E.I. Co.’s Civil Service was then Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Bengal. Since Richmond died 13 Sep.1815, when he was collector of the 24 Pargānās, William was sent to his family in England in 1817.
... charge of Mr. Thackeray. Mr. Chaplin was the commissioner of the region. Both did not recognise the new ruler and the regent, and informed that Kittur had to accept the British regime. Both the local people and Rani Chennamma strongly opposed British high-handedness. Thackeray invaded Kittur. In the battle that ensued, hundreds of British soldiers were killed along with Thackeray. ...
... the outside: they cannot find their way into the soul. Here Fielding fails us; Scott's women are a mere gallery of wax figures, Rebecca herself being no more than a highly coloured puppet; even in Thackeray the real women are only three or four. But the supreme dramatic genius has found out this secret of femineity. Shakespeare had it to any degree, and in our own century Meredith, and among ourselves ...
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