num_pages: 912
description: Among the vibrant cast of characters who scheme and scramble for life's prizes in this entertaining saga, no one is better equipped than Becky Sharp, Thackeray's supreme creation. Brilliant, alluring, and ruthless, she defies her poverty-stricken background to climb the social ladder, while her sentimental companion Amelia longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of English society during the Napoleonic wars, military and domestic battles are fought and fortunes are made and lost. Amid the fast-paced comic action stands Dobbin, a true gentleman in a corrupt world, whose unrequited love for Amelia brings pathos and depth to Thackeray's epic satire.This edition includes a new introduction, a chronology of Thackeray's life and works, a select reading list, and an appendix containing parodic material Thackeray cut from the 1853 edition.
language: English
title: Vanity Fair
titlecomplete: Vanity Fair
characters: Jos Sedley, Sir Pitt Crawley, George Osborne, William Dobbin, Amelia Sedley, Rawdon Crawley, Rebecca Sharp, Matilda Crawley
genres: Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Victorian, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 126616
places: England, United Kingdom
publisher: Penguin Classics