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Vanity Fair by William Thackeray

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Vanity Fair by William Thackeray

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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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.

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ISBN 13 9780141199542
ISBN 10 0141199547
Title Vanity Fair
Author William Thackeray
Series Penguin Clothbound Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2013-03-07
Number of pages 912
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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