Vanity Fair - (Evergreens) by William Makepeace Thackeray (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Before taking up her new post as a governess, the artful and ambitious Becky Sharp spends a brief period at the family home of her friend Amelia Sedley. Passive, pampered and utterly reliant on others, Amelia is the opposite of her scheming and ruthless friend. While Becky tries to ensnare the wealthy and vain Jos Sedley, Amelia desires nothing more than to be betrothed to the self-obsessed and raffish soldier George Osborne. Meanwhile, Captain William Dobbin, with his constant and selfless love for Amelia, is the only one who steers clear of any calculated romantic manoeuvrings. Woven into the climactic events of the Napoleonic Wars, and set against a backdrop of gaudy elegance and cut-throat personal ambition, Vanity Fair is an epic and sweeping satire, and a landmark of English literature.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The friends Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave Miss Pinkerton's school together, ready to forge their paths in the tawdry and cut-throat world of the early nineteenth century. The scheming, brilliant and ruthless orphan Becky is better equipped than any to scale the heights of Regency society. Amelia, however, is sweet, quiet and passive, and longs for nothing more than the love of the self-obsessed and raffish soldier George Osborne. Amidst the machinations and jostling for wealth and status, Captain William Dobbin, with his hidden love for Amelia, stands alone as a steadfast, selfless and dutiful man. <p/>Woven into the climactic events of the Napoleonic Wars, and set against a backdrop of gaudy elegance and merciless personal ambition, Vanity Fair is an epic and sweeping satire, and a landmark of English literature.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"I can only wonder and admire... If Truth were again a goddess, Thackeray should be her high priest." --<i>Charlotte Brontë</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-63) was an English novelist best known for <i>Vanity Fair</i>, a satirical portrait of English society that is considered one of the crowning achievements of Victorian literature.
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