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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (Paperback, 1994)
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The chapter entitled 'How to Live on Nothing' is a classic.
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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780140620856
eBay Product ID (ePID)90253522
Product Key Features
Book TitleVanity Fair
AuthorWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
TopicBooks
Publication Year1994
Number of Pages688 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height181mm
Item Width111mm
Item Weight368g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 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-owned
- 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-owned
- 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-owned
- 19 Dec, 2018
Good holiday reading
A rollicking yarnVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 13 Sep, 2018
book
okVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
