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Vanity Fair

By (author) William Thackeray, Introduction by John Carey

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No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George.

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SKU: 9780141199542

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ISBN: 9780141199542

Book Format: Hardback

Pages: 912

Dimensions: 13.7 × 5.4 × 20.5 cm

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  • Hardback | 912 pages
  • 13.7 × 5.4 × 20.5 cm | 1021
  • 07 March 2013
  • Penguin Books Ltd
  • United Kingdom

About the author

William Thackeray

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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was born and educated to be a gentleman but gambled away much of his fortune while at Cambridge. He trained as a lawyer before turning to journalism. He was a regular contributor to periodicals and magazines and Vanity Fair was serialised in Punch in 1847-8. John Carey is Professor of English at Oxford University. He has written on Dickens and Thackeray.

John Carey

4 Published Books