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Author Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

Title Vanity fair : a novel without a hero / W.M. Thackeray ; edited with an introduction by John Sutherland ; with 193 illustrations by the author
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (lviii, 949 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford world's classics
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Contents CHAPTER XLIIICHAPTER XLIV; CHAPTER XLV; CHAPTER XLVI; CHAPTER XLVII; CHAPTER XLVIII; CHAPTER XLIX; CHAPTER L; CHAPTER LI; CHAPTER LII; CHAPTER LIII; CHAPTER LIV; CHAPTER LV; CHAPTER LVI; CHAPTER LVII; CHAPTER LVIII; CHAPTER LIX; CHAPTER LX; CHAPTER LXI; CHAPTER LXII; CHAPTER LXIII; CHAPTER LXIV; CHAPTER LXV; CHAPTER LXVI; CHAPTER LXVII; Copyright
Summary This classic story of two nineteenth-century social climbers is the basis for countless films and TV series, and one of the UK's "Best-Loved Novels." Before the Real Housewives, there were Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley. Ruthless and cunning, Becky may have been born in a lower class, but now that she's graduated from school, she's ready to climb up to a better life-and do whatever it takes to get there. Her friend Emmy, however, is the opposite. She may have mastered music, dancing, and embroidery like any young woman of her class, but she utterly lacks a backbone. Together these friends navigate the perils of Regency society as they search for love and happiness. Social battles are waged against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and when the smoke finally clears, there's no telling who will come out victorious. A satirical masterpiece, Vanity Fair was #14 on The Guardian's list of the 100 Best Novels and #122 in the BBC's "Big Read" poll for the UK's best-loved novel. It has inspired numerous adaptations, from early silent films to a 2004 movie by Mira Nair starring Reese Witherspoon as Becky
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page xlvii)
Notes Print version record
Subject Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Fiction
British -- Europe -- Fiction
Female friendship -- Fiction
Social classes -- Fiction
Married women -- Fiction
FICTION -- Classics.
FICTION -- General.
British
Female friendship
Married women
Social classes
SUBJECT England -- Fiction
Subject Belgium -- Waterloo
England
Europe
Genre/Form Satire
Satire
Fiction
Form Electronic book
Author Sutherland, John, 1938-
ISBN 1504045807
9781504045803