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Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Description for Vanity Fair
Paperback. 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. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 652.
The Penguin English Library Edition of Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
'Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?'
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
The Penguin English Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
928
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141199641
SKU
V9780141199641
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About William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1811, but was sent to England at the age of six. After his education at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, having gambled away much of his fortune at university, he settled in Paris and tried a career as a painter. It was here that he met nineteen-year-old Isabella Shawe, upon ... Read more
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