In 1836 he married a poor Irish girl,Isabella Shawe;they had 3 daughters. Thackeray's fame as a writer began in the late 1830s with The Yellowplush Papers(1837-8)❖ In 1836 he married a poor Irish girl, Isabella Shawe; they had 3 daughters. ❖ Thackeray’s fame as a writer began in the late 1830s with The Yellowplush Papers (1837-8)