Vanity Fair
1st Edition
Published on 3. August 2006
912 pages
978-0-14-190572-3 (ISBN)
Description
No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
1,90 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-14-190572-3 (9780141905723)
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William Makepeace Thackeray | John Carey
Vanity Fair
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08/2006
Penguin Books Ltd
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Persons
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was born and educated to be a gentleman but gambled away much of his fortune while at Cambridge. He trained as a lawyer before turning to journalism. He was a regular contributor to periodicals and magazines and Vanity Fair was serialised in Punch in 1847-8.
John Carey is Professor of English at Oxford University. He has written on Dickens and Thackeray.
John Carey is Professor of English at Oxford University. He has written on Dickens and Thackeray.
