OL22344308M
Vanity fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
- Publisher
- Dent
- Published
- 1979
- ISBN-13
- Unavailable
- ISBN-10
- 0460112988
- Work ID
- OL16313W
Description
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. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.
Subjects
Social life and customs, fictionWomen, fictionWaterloo, Battle of (Belgium : 1815) fast (OCoLC)fst01172689Married women, fictionWaterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815Female friendship, fictionBritishSocial classes, fictionEngland, fictionMarried people, fictionFriendship, fictionBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)London (England), fictionFiction, humorousGovernesses, fictionFiction, satireManners and customs, fictionWaterloo (Belgium), Battle of, 1815EnglishWivesFiction, humorous, generalFiction in EnglishBataille de Waterloo, Waterloo, Belgique, 1815Romans, nouvelles