of Henry James, with its emphasis on maintaining that illusion, marked a break with Thackeray's techniques. Indian popular Marathi politician Bal Thackeray's father Keshav Sitaram Thackeray was an admirer of William, the India-born British writer; Keshav later changed his surname from Panvelkar to "Thackeray". Charlotte Brontë dedicated the second edition of Jane Eyre to Thackeray. In 1887 the Royal Society of Arts unveiled a blue plaque to commemorate Thackeray at the house at 2 Palace Green, London, that had been built for him in the 1860s. It is now the location of the Israeli Embassy. Thackeray's former home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, is now a restaurant named after the author. Thackeray was also a member of the Albion Lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids at Oxford. In popular culture Thackeray is portrayed by Michael Palin in the 2018 ITV television series Vanity Fair. Miles Jupp plays Thackeray in the 2017 film The Man Who Invented Christmas. A quote from Thackeray appears in episode 7 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Thackeray's quote "Mother is the name for God" appears in the 1994 movie The Crow. Thackeray's "The Colonel" was mentioned by Anne Frank in The Diary of a Young Girl. List of works Series Henry Esmond The History of Henry Esmond (1852) – The Virginians (1857–1859) – Arthur Pendennis Pendennis (1848–1850) – The Newcomes (1855) – A Shabby Genteel Story (Unfinished) (1840) – The Adventures of Philip (1862) – The Christmas Books of Mr M. A. Titmarsh Thackeray wrote and illustrated five Christmas books as "by Mr M. A. Titmarsh". They were collected under the pseudonymous title and his real name no later than 1868 by Smith, Elder & Co. The Rose and the Ring was dated 1855 in its first edition, published for Christmas 1854. Mrs. Perkins's Ball (1846), as by M. A. Titmarsh Our Street Doctor Birch and His Young Friends The Kickleburys on the Rhine (Christmas 1850) – "a new picture book, drawn and written by Mr M. A. Titmarsh"<ref>"Smith, Elder & Co.'s New Publications." (two-line heading), The Examiner #2235, 30 November 1850, p. 778.</i> In that full-column advertisement by the publisher, this book is the first of two listed under the first subheading, "New Christmas Books." The entire listing: Mr Thackeray's New Christmas Book. The Kicklebury's on the Rhine. A new Picture Book, drawn and written by Mr M. A. Titmarsh. Price 5s. plain; 7s. 6d. coloured.