Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

912 Seiten

2006 | New edition
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-144202-0 (ISBN)

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Becky Sharp defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for 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.

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, however, longs only for 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 Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.

William 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 Vanity Fair was serialised in Punch in 1847-8. John Carey is Professor of English at Oxford University. He has written on Dickens and Thackeray.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.8.2006
Reihe/Serie	Penguin Classics S.
Einführung	John Carey
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 197 mm
Gewicht	620 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
ISBN-10	0-14-144202-6 / 0141442026
ISBN-13	978-0-14-144202-0 / 9780141442020
Zustand	Neuware