Vanity Fair - 9780679405665
Un libro in lingua di Thackeray William Makepeace edito da Everymans Library, 1991
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Introduction by Catherine Peters
A panoramic satire of English society during the Napoleonic Wars, Vanity Fair is William Makepeace Thackeray's masterpiece. At its center is one of the most unforgettable characters in nineteenth-century literature: the enthralling Becky Sharp, a charmingly ruthless social climber who is determined to leave behind her humble origins, no matter the cost. Her more gentle friend Amelia, by contrast, only cares for Captain George Osborne, despite his selfishness and her family's disapproval. As both women move within the flamboyant milieu of Regency England, the political turmoil of the era is matched by the scheming Becky's sensational rise—and its unforeseen aftermath.
Based in part upon Thackeray's own love for the wife of a friend, Vanity Fair portrays the hypocrisy and corruption of high society and the dangers of unrestrained ambition with epic brilliance and scathing wit.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Vanity Fair
- Sottotitolo: A Novel Without a Hero
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Thackeray William Makepeace
- Editore: Everymans Library
- Collana: Everymans Library (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Settembre '91
- Genere: FICTION
- Argomenti : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 Fiction British Europe Fiction Female friendship Fiction
- Dimensioni mm: 203 x 133 x 38
- ISBN-10: 0679405666
- EAN-13: 9780679405665