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ISBN-10: 0679405666
ISBN-13: 9780679405665
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Publish Date: 10/15/1991
Dimensions: 8.32" L, 5.36" W, 1.67" H

Vanity Fair: Introduction by Catherine Peters

Introduction by: Catherine Peters

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A panoramic satire of English society during the Napoleonic Wars, Vanity Fair is William Makepeace Thackeray’s masterpiece. At its center is one of the most unforgettable characters in nineteenth-century literature: the enthralling Becky Sharp, a charmingly ruthless social climber who is determined to leave behind her humble origins, no matter the cost. Her more gentle friend Amelia, by contrast, only cares for Captain George Osborne, despite his selfishness and her family’s disapproval. As both women move within the flamboyant milieu of Regency England, the political turmoil of the era is matched by the scheming Becky’s sensational rise–and its unforeseen aftermath.

Based in part upon Thackeray’s own love for the wife of a friend, Vanity Fair portrays the hypocrisy and corruption of high society and the dangers of unrestrained ambition with epic brilliance and scathing wit. With an introduction by Catherine Peters.

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"Vanity Fair was Thackeray's masterpiece. Subversive, funny, complex and serious, it is the work of an intellectual athlete at the height of his powers."
–from the Introduction by Catherine Peters
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Details

ISBN-10: 0679405666
ISBN-13: 9780679405665
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Publish Date: 10/15/1991
Dimensions: 8.32" L, 5.36" W, 1.67" H
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