Not an outstanding student, he survived only two years of an inaccessible mentor and a preference for wine partiesĭeciding his best route to an education was through extensive reading and educational travel, Thackeray set out for continental Europe. They also led him to find escape by reading the popularįiction of the day, including Sir Walter Scott and Pierce Egan. He attended several boarding schools, which experiences (including exceedingly dry lessons and canings) later provided material for Thackeray's writing. Upon his father's death Thackeray went to England to liveĪt age five.
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