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William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray, detail of an oil painting by Samuel Laurence; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In the late 1830s, William Makepeace Thackeray began his career as a prolific contributor to several prominent periodicals that catered to the reading demands of the growing middle class. His early writing was primarily published in the following magazines:
- Fraser’s Magazine
- The New Monthly Magazine
- Punch1
Thackeray often published his work anonymously or under various pseudonyms, such as Mr. Michael Angelo Titmarsh, Fitz-Boodle, The Fat Contributor, and Ikey Solomons. Many of these early contributions, including works like The Yellowplush Correspondence and The Book of Snobs, were later collected in his four-volume Miscellanies.1