Vanity Fair: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Vanity Fair is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811–1863).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Vanity Fair" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a novel published serially from 1847 to 1848. Set during and after the Napoleonic Wars, it follows two contrasting women: the cunning, ambitious Becky Sharp, who schemes her way through society despite having no money, and the gentle, wealthy Amelia Sedley. Subtitled "A Novel without a Hero," this satirical work deconstructs traditional ideas of heroism while exposing the vanities and pretensions of early 19th-century British society through an unreliable narrator who frames the story as a puppet show.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Vanity Fair
- Author credits: Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811–1863)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- British -- Europe -- Fiction
- England -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Satire
- Social classes -- Fiction
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
- Harvard Classics
- Historical Fiction
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