Vanity fair
Subtitle: a novel without a hero
By: by William Makepeace Thackeray. Edited by Walter Jerrold
Series: Prose works of W. M. Thackeray; The temple classics
Publisher: J. M. Dent
Published: 1901
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815; Fiction; British; Female friendship; Social classes; Married women
Description: Scorned for her lack of money and breeding, Becky must use all her wit, charm and considerable sex appeal to escape her drab destiny as a governess. From London's ballrooms to the battlefields of Waterloo, the bewitching Becky works her wiles on a gallery of memorable characters, including her lecherous employer, Sir Pitt, his rich sister, Miss Crawley, and Pitt's dashing son, Rawdon, the first of Becky's misguided sexual entanglements.
Notes: Title within ornamental border.

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