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Thackeray, William Makepeace
Vanity fair : anovel without a Hero / William Thackeray ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Carey
Repr
Harmondsworth [etc.] : Penguin books, 2003
Penguin classics
Titolo e contributi: Vanity fair : anovel without a Hero / William Thackeray ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Carey
Repr
Pubblicazione: Harmondsworth [etc.] : Penguin books, 2003
Descrizione fisica:
865 p. ; 18 cm
Serie: Penguin classics
ISBN: 9780141439839
Data:2003
Lingua:
Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese:
Italia
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Abstract:
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 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.