| Title | : | Vanity Fair |
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| Author | : | William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Release | : | 1997-06-01 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Fiction |
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| 1 | Vanity Fair | William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Vanity Fair, with its rich cast of characters, takes place on the snakes-and-ladders board of life. Amelia Sedley, daughter of a wealthy merchant, has a loving mother to supervise her courtship. Becky Sharp, an orphan, has to use her wit, charm, and resourcefulness to escape from her destiny as a governess. This she does ruthlessly, musing’I think I could become a good woman, if I had £5000 a year.’ Thackeray’s story is set at the time of the battle of Waterloo, in which the Sedley fortunes are lost – and Amelia is back to square one – while Becky rises with contemptuous ease. |
