{"product_id":"vanity-fair-by-william-makepeace-thackeray-vanity-fair-1-2","title":"Vanity Fair By William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair #1-2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 30\/01\/2003\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Classics - Fiction - Historical Fiction - Literature - 19th Century - Romance - British - Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA touchstone work of picaresque fiction, Thackeray’s immense ‘novel without a hero’ scandalised and appalled in its day but is now recognized as the satirical masterpiece it undoubtedly is. Becky Sharp’s joyously amoral rampage through Regency England and the battlefields of Napoleonic Europe is every bit as relevant today as it was in the heyday of high Victoriana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Makepeace Thackeray's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edepicts the anarchic anti-heroine Beky Sharpe cutting a swathe through the eligible young men of Europe, set against a lucid backdrop of war and international chaos. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by John Carey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo 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 Sedley, however, longs only for the 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 William Dobbin, devoted to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure. Set against the background of the Napoleonic wars, Thackeray's 'novel without a hero' is a lively satirical journey through English society, exposing greed, snobbery and pretension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition follows the text of Thackeray's revised edition of 1853. John Carey's introduction identifies\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas a landmark in the development of European Realism, and as a reflection of Thackeray's passionate love for another man's wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was born and educated to be a gentleman, but gambled away much of his fortune while at Cambridge. He trained as a lawyer before turning to journalism. He was a regular contributor to periodicals and magazines and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas serialised in Punch in 1847-8.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780141439839\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e912\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e196\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e130\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e42\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e620 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53301603139897,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/91rpxcBmaCL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779020959","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/vanity-fair-by-william-makepeace-thackeray-vanity-fair-1-2","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}