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Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair By William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray


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Summary

Set in the years before and after Waterloo, the novel tells the parallel stories of two schoolfriends - the quiet, long-suffering Amelia and her brilliant, scheming friend, Becky Sharp. The novel portrays all the corruption and decadence of 19th-century England.

Vanity Fair Summary

Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray

Set in the years before and after Waterloo, the novel tells the parallel stories of two schoolfriends - the quiet, long-suffering Amelia and her brilliant, scheming friend, Becky Sharp. The novel portrays all the corruption and decadence of 19th-century England.

About William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray was born on 18 July 1811 in Calcutta in India. After studying at Trinity College Cambridge he worked as a journalist and studied Art in London and Paris. In 1836 he married Isabella Shawe and they went on to have three daughters, one of whom died in infancy. He first found literary success with The Yellowplush Papers in 1837 and went on to write other works such asThe FitzBoodle Papers, Catherine, The Luck of Barry Lyndon and The Snobs of England before he published his masterpiece, Vanity Fair, in 1847. William Makepeace Thackeray died on Christmas Eve in 1863.

Additional information

GOR001758606
9781857150124
1857150120
Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Everyman
1991-09-26
878
N/A
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