The complete online text of John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character by William Makepeace Thackeray.

The British novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) created unrivaled panoramas of English upper-middle-class life, crowded with memorable characters displaying realistic mixtures of virtue, vanity, and vice. When William Makepeace Thackeray beg...

Like many of his fellow Victorian novelists, William Makepeace Thackeray is noted for his ability to create memorable characters—such as Major Gahagan, Charles Yellowplush, Becky Sharp, Major Pendennis, Henry and Beatrix Esmond, Colonel Newcome, an...

Like many of his fellow Victorian novelists, William Makepeace Thackeray is noted for his ability to create memorable characters--like Major Gahagan, Charles Yellowplush, Becky Sharp, Major Pendennis, Henry and Beatrix Esmond, Colonel Newcome, and not le...

A QUESTION OF CHARACTER: A LIFE OF JOHN F. KENNEDY. By Thomas Reeves. Free Press; 526 pages; $24.95. Bloomsbury; [Br pound]19.95 CHIEFLY, perhaps, because of the manner and moment of John Kennedy's death, the early historical accounts of his life and presidency...

Byline: Mary Ellen Johnson Heroes can be found in every walk of life. That's the message the Roselle Character Development Coalition wants to reinforce with its poster project, "Heroes of Tomorrow are Built with Character Today." The coalition contacted local...