Vanity Fair
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A deliciously satirical attack on a money-mad society, Vanity Fair, which first appeared in 1847, is an immensely moral novel, and an immensely witty one. Vanity Fair features two heroines: the faithful, loyal Amelia Sedley, and the beautiful and scheming social climber Becky Sharp. It also engages a huge cast of wonderful supporting characters as the novel spins from Miss Pinkerton's academy for young ladies to affairs of love and war on the Continent to liaisons in the dazzling ballrooms of London. William Makepeace Thackeray's forte is the bon mot, and it is amply exercised in a novel filled with memorably wicked lines. Lengthy and leisurely in pace, the novel follows the adventures of Becky and Amelia as their fortunes rise and fall, creating a tale both picaresque and risque. Thackeray mercilessly skewers his society, especially the upper class, poking fun at their shallow values and pointedly jabbing at their hypocritical "morals." His weapons, however, are not fire and brimstone but an unerring eye for the absurd and a genius for observing the foibles of his age. An enduring classic, this great novel is a brilliant study in duplicity and hypocrisy-and a mirror with which to view our own times.
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Thackeray, W. M., & Mccaddon, W. (2008). Vanity Fair. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Thackeray, William Makepeace and Wanda, Mccaddon. 2008. Vanity Fair. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Thackeray, William Makepeace and Wanda, Mccaddon, Vanity Fair. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2008.
MLA Citation (style guide)Thackeray, William Makepeace, and Wanda Mccaddon. Vanity Fair. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2008.
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