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Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Description for Vanity Fair
Paperback. 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 Sedley, however, longs only for the caddish soldier George. Editor(s): Carey, John. Num Pages: 912 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 624.
William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair depicts the anarchic anti-heroine Beky Sharpe cutting a swathe through the eligible young men of Europe, set against a lucid backdrop of war and international chaos. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by John Carey.
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 Sedley, however, longs only for the caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
912
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141439839
SKU
V9780141439839
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About William Makepeace 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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