Ill.Major features a.Thackeray is a realist. He paints life as he has seen it. his stories are accurate and true to life for his precise and thorough observation rich knowledge of social life and of the human heartIII. Major features a. Thackeray is a realist. ❖ He paints life as he has seen it. ❖ his stories are accurate and true to life for his precise and thorough observation rich knowledge of social life and of the human heart