# Thackeray — Heretics character guide

> Thackeray in Heretics by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-heretics

## Who they are

William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist, cited in literary criticism.

## In the story

### [IX: The Moods of Mr. George Moore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/ix-the-moods-of-mr-george-moore)

Mentioned as an example of a writer who understood the paradox of charity or chivalry, which Moore fails to grasp.

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