The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh

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William Makepeace Thackeray is named as author of The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh. The contents list names MRS. PERKINS'S BALL, THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE and THE ROSE AND THE RING, among others. A narrator says he does not know where Ballymulligan is and never knew anybody who did.

The narrator describes a man in an elegant evening costume who finds no greater pleasure than to dance at anybody's house who will invite him. A character named Lankin, who has been standing by with a grin, comes up and asks Titmarsh how he can be so impertinent. In one scene, Bulbo gets up after going to bed in his clothes and says he does not mind about dressing, or having any breakfast.

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William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was an English novelist celebrated for his satirical portraits of society. Vanity Fair, his masterpiece, is one of the great novels of the nineteenth century.