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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (Paperback, 1994)

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ISBN
9780140620856
Publication Year
1994
Format
Paperback
Language
English, Spanish
Book Title
Vanity Fair
Item Height
181mm
Author
William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher
Penguin Books LTD
Topic
Books
Item Width
111mm
Item Weight
368g
Number of Pages
688 Pages

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Vanity Fair , Thackeray's panoramic, satirical saga of corruption at all levels of English society, was published in 1847 but set during the Napoleonic Wars. It chronicles the lives of two women who could not be more different: Becky Sharp, an orphan whose only resources are her vast ambitions, her native wit, and her loose morals; and her schoolmate Amelia Sedley, a typically naive Victorian heroine, the pampered daughter of a wealthy family. Becky's fluctuating fortunes eventually bring her to an affair with Amelia's dissolute husband; when he is killed at Waterloo, Amelia and her child are left penniless, while Becky and her husband Rawdon Crawley rise in the world, managing to lead a high life in London solely on the basis of their shrewdness. The chapter entitled 'How to Live on Nothing' is a classic. Thackeray's subtitle, A Novel Without a Hero , is understating the case; his view of humanity in this novel is distinctly bleak and deliberately antiheroic. Critics of the time misunderstood the book, decrying it as (among other things) vicious, vile, and odious. But Vanity Fair has endured as one of the great comic novels of all time, and a landmark in the history of realism in fiction.

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Penguin Books LTD
ISBN-13
9780140620856
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Book Title
Vanity Fair
Author
William Makepeace Thackeray
Format
Paperback
Language
English, Spanish
Topic
Books
Publication Year
1994
Number of Pages
688 Pages

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Item Height
181mm
Item Width
111mm
Item Weight
368g

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William Makepeace Thackeray
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United Kingdom

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  • by janet7743
    19 Sep, 2018

    Vanity Fair

    I rarely leave reviews but thought this deserved one. The book is in excellent condition. I’ve never read Thackeray before but having watched the TV series thought I would try it. Although only just received the book I’m very glad I did.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

  • by nin-the-pin
    17 Oct, 2018

    Enjoying this so far

    Just a few chapters in but I am really enjoying this book. The content is much less subtle than Jane Austen but I like the way Thackeray includes the 'below stairs' people in the narrative and I will probably learn more about the era. I look forward to the rest of the story. It has to be said that this is a long book and in this edition the print is tiny.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

  • by jcre3059
    06 Oct, 2018

    I like these old books they are full of discriptions.

    I am enjoying this book . I bought it because I am watching the series on tv and I like to read the book. The print is a bit small for me as I am getting on a bit but I am still enjoying it.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: mad4books-uk

  • by wodgepodge
    19 Dec, 2018

    Good holiday reading

    A rollicking yarn

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

  • by kathy47157
    13 Sep, 2018

    book

    ok

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: sunrisebookshop

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