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Vanity Fair is a classic satirical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, published in 1847-1848 as a serial. It follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid the social and political changes of the Napoleonic Wars.
A classic novel that chronicles the lives of two women, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, in 19th century England. Read reviews, ratings, and book details of this satirical masterpiece on Goodreads.
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Vanity Fair, novel of early 19th-century English society by William Makepeace Thackeray, published serially in monthly installments from 1847 to 1848 and in book form in 1848. Thackeray’s previous writings had been published either unsigned or under pseudonyms; Vanity Fair was the first work he.
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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray BEFORE THE CURTAIN As the manager of the Performance sits before the curtain on the boards and looks into the Fair, a feeling of profound melancholy comes over him in his survey of the bustling place.
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Vanity Fair is a classic comic novel that follows the lives of two women, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, during the Napoleonic Wars. It is a scathing critique of the corruption and hypocrisy of English society, and a landmark in the history of realism in fiction.
