Where did Thackeray study briefly?
Oxford University
Harvard University
Trinity College, Cambridge
King's College, London
Answer
William Makepeace Thackeray, the author of Vanity Fair, Pendennis, and The History of Henry Esmond, studied at Trinity College, Cambridge for a year. He was a poor student and left before completing his degree. However, his time at Cambridge exposed him to the intellectual and social world of the upper classes, which he later depicted in his novels.
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