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Vanity fair : a novel without a hero / by William Makepeace Thackeray ; edited with an introduction and notes by Geoffrey and Kathleen Tillotson.
LIBRA PR5618 .A1 1963
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection PR5618 .A1 1963
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
- Series:
- Riverside editions ; B66.
- Riverside editions ; B66
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815--Fiction.
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.
- British--Europe--Fiction.
- British.
- Female friendship--Fiction.
- Female friendship.
- Social classes--Fiction.
- Social classes.
- Married women--Fiction.
- Married women.
- England--Fiction.
- England.
- Sharp, Becky (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Sharp, Becky.
- Sharp, Becky (Fictitious character).
- Belgium--Waterloo.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Satire
- Satire.
- Physical Description:
- [3], 680 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1963]
- Summary:
- Vanity Fair is a story of two heroines--one humble, the other a scheming social climber--who meet in boarding school and embark on markedly different lives. Amid the swirl of London's posh ballrooms and affairs of love and war, their fortunes rise and fall. Through it all, Thackeray lampoons the shallow values of his society, reserving the most pointed barbs for the upper crust. What results is a prescient look at the dogged pursuit of wealth and status--and the need for humility.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 1 (2d group)).
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Anonymous gift.
- ISBN:
- 0395051614
- 9780395051610
- OCLC:
- 174763
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