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Vanity Fair
William Thackeray
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Description for Vanity Fair
Hardback. 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. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design
In William Thackeray's Vanity Fair, 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 - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Penguin Clothbound Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
912
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141199542
SKU
9780141199542
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Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About William Thackeray
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. ... Read more
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