This work's title also names a trading port in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, and it begins with the section "Before the Curtain.
This work's title also names a trading port in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, and it begins with the section "Before the Curtain." It is subtitled A Novel Without a Hero, and details the protagonist's rejection of Johnson's Dictionary from Miss Pinkerton's Academy. Flings with Lord Steyne and Rawdon Crawley come after her attempt to marry Joseph, a businessman and brother of her friend Amelia Sedley. For ten points, name this Thackeray navel that centers on Rebecca Sharp and that was recently made into a movie starring Reese Witherspoon.
This work's title also names a trading port in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, and it begins with the section "Before the Curtain.
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