Vanity Fair
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Becky Sharp is a bold spitfire whoâs driven by ambition and eager to solidify her station in life. Her childhood friend, Amelia Sedley, is a modest and passive woman, who is mostly viewed as warm and endearing. Their glaring personalities are on full display as they encounter various male suitors including Rawdon Crawley and George Osborne. Beckyâs flirtatious and manipulative manner makes her a topic of conversation, while Ameliaâs loyalty proves to be a cross too heavy to bear.
Vanity Fair is one of William Makepeace Thackerayâs most famous novels. It has been adapted multiple times for television and film, including a 2004 feature starring Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon as the feisty Becky. She is often considered Thackerayâs most memorable character.
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Vanity Fair is both modern and readable.
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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811â1863) was a multitalented writer and illustrator born in British India. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, where some of his earliest writings appeared in university periodicals. As a young adult he encountered various financial issues including the failure of two newspapers. It wasnât until his marriage in 1836 that he found direction in both his life and career. Thackeray regularly contributed to Fraser's Magazine, where he debuted a serialized version of one of his most popular novels, The Luck of Barry Lyndon. He spent his decades-long career writing novels, satirical sketches and art criticism.
