II.Works Thackeray began as a satirist and parodist,writing papers with a sneaking fondness for roguish upstarts like Becky Sharp in 10: Vanity Fair and thetitlecharacters of The Luck of Barry Lyndon and Catherine.In his earliest works,writing under such pseudonymsas Charles James Yellowplush,Michael Angelo Titmarsh,and George Savage Fitz-Boodle,he tended towards the savage in his attacks on high society,military prowess,the institution ofmarriage,and hypocrisy. Title-page to Vanity Fair,drawn by Thackeray,who furnished the illustrations for many ofhis earlier editions. One ofhis earliest works,"Timbuctoo"(1829),contained his burlesque upon the subject set for the Cambridge Chancellor's medal for English verse,(the contest was wonby Tennyson 5 with"Timbuctoo").His writingcareer really began with a series of satirical sketches now usually knownas The Yellowplush Papers,whichappeared in Fraser's Magazine beginning in 1837.These were adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 2009,with Adam Buxton playing Charles Yellowplush.[5] Between May 1839 and February 1840,Fraser's published the II. Works Thackeray began as a satirist and parodist, writing papers with a sneaking fondness for roguish upstarts like Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair and the title characters of The Luck of Barry Lyndon and Catherine. In his earliest works, writing under such pseudonyms as Charles James Yellowplush, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, and George Savage Fitz-Boodle, he tended towards the savage in his attacks on high society, military prowess, the institution of marriage, and hypocrisy. Title-page to Vanity Fair, drawn by Thackeray, who furnished the illustrations for many of his earlier editions. One of his earliest works, "Timbuctoo" (1829), contained his burlesque upon the subject set for the Cambridge Chancellor's medal for English verse, (the contest was won by Tennyson with "Timbuctoo"). His writing career really began with a series of satirical sketches now usually known as The Yellowplush Papers, which appeared in Fraser's Magazine beginning in 1837. These were adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 2009, with Adam Buxton playing Charles Yellowplush.[5] Between May 1839 and February 1840, Fraser's published the 10’ 5’