num_pages: 862
description: Chronicles the exploits of Becky Sharp, an unscrupulous young woman who is determined to achieve wealth and social success, and her sentimental companion, Amelia, who has fallen for a caddish soldier, in the classic novel set against the backdrop of English society in the early 1800s. Reprint. (A Focus Features film, adapted by Julian Fellowes, directed by Mira Nair, starring Reese Witherspoon, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Bob Hoskins, James Purefoy, &amp; Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) (Literature)
language: English
title: Vanity Fair
titlecomplete: Vanity Fair
characters: William Dobbin, Jos Sedley, George Osborne, Sir Pitt Crawley, Matilda Crawley, Amelia Sedley, Rebecca Sharp, Rawdon Crawley
genres: Classics, British Literature, Novels, Classic Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 126635
places: United Kingdom, England
publisher: Penguin Books