Born in 1811, died in 1863; lived in India until five years
old; educated at Cambridge; began to write for newspapers in
1833; went to Paris to study art in 1834; visited the east
in 1844, and the United States in 1852 and 1854; published
"Vanity Fair" in 1846-48, "Pendennis" in 1848-50, "Henry
Esmond" in 1852, "The Newcomes" in 1853-55, "The Virginians"
in 1857-59.
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