Thackeray, William Makepeace
Vanity Fair (Wordsworth Classics)
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- ISBN 13:
- 9781853260193
- author:
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Wordsworth Editions
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1992
- Pages:
- 720
- Genre:
- 19th century fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Vanity Fair is a satirical novel that explores the lives of two women, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Becky, an orphan with vast ambitions, navigates a complex web of relationships and fortunes, while Amelia, a naive Victorian heroine, faces the harsh realities of poverty and loss. Through their stories, Thackeray offers a bleak and antiheroic view of humanity, one that was misunderstood by critics at the time of its publication.
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