Vanity fair : a novel without a hero / William Makepeace Thackeray ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Carey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.

Contributor:

Carey, John, 1934-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815--Fiction.

Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.

British--Europe--Fiction.

British.

Europe.

England.

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Social classes--Fiction.

Social classes.

Married women--Fiction.

Married women.

Photoplay editions.

England--Fiction.

England--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Fiction.

Satirical literature.

Humorous fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

vii, 862 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Books, 2004.

Summary:

Chronicles the exploits of Becky Sharp, an unscrupulous young woman who is determined to achieve wealth and social success, and her sentimental companion, Amelia, who has fallen for a caddish soldier, in the classic novel set against the backdrop of English society in the early 1800s.

Contents:

Before the Curtain

Chiswick Mall

In which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley prepare to open the Campaign

Rebecca is in Presence of the Enemy

The Green Silk Purse

Dobbin of Ours

Vauxhall

Crawley of Queen's Crawley

Private and Confidential

Family Portraits

Miss Sharp begins to make Friends

Arcadian Simplicity

Quite a Sentimental Chapter

Sentimental and Otherwise

Miss Crawley at Home

In which Rebecca's Husband appears for a Short Time

The Letter on the Pincushion

How Captain Dobbin bought a Piano

Who played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought?

Miss Crawley at Nurse

In which Captain Dobbin acts as the Messenger of Hymen

A Quarrel about an Heiress

A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon

Captain Dobbin proceeds on his Canvass

In which Mr Osborne takes down the Family Bible

In which all the Principal Personages think fit to leave Brighton

Between London and Chatham

In which Amelia joins Her Regiment

In which Amelia invades the Low Countries

Brussels

'The Girl I left behind Me'

In which Jos Sedley takes Care of his Sister

In which Jos takes Flight, and the War is brought to a Close

In which Miss Crawley's Relations are very anxious about Her

James Crawley's Pipe is put out

Widow and Mother

How to live well on Nothing a Year

The Subject continued

A Family in a very Small Way

A Cynical Chapter

In which Becky is recognized by the Family

In which Becky revisits the Halls of her Ancestors

Which treats of the Osborne Family

In which the Reader has to double the Cape

A Roundabout Chapter between London and Hampshire

Between Hampshire and London

Struggles and Trials

Gaunt House

In which the Reader is introduced to the very best of Company

In which we enjoy three Courses and a Dessert

Contains a Vulgar Incident

In which a Charade is acted which may or may not Puzzle the Reader

In which Lord Steyne shows himself in a most amiable Light

A Rescue and a Catastrophe

Sunday after the Battle

In which the same Subject is pursued

Georgy is made a Gentleman

Eothen

Our Friend the Major

The old Piano

Returns to the Genteel World

In which two Light are put out

Am Rhein

In which we meet an old Acquaintance

A Vagabond Chapter

Full of Business and Pleasure

Amantium Irae

Which contains Births, Marriages, and Deaths.

Notes:

"Now a major motion picture from FocusFeatures"--Cover.

Originally published, 1848; includes facsimile title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 811-862).

ISBN:

0143034448

9780143034445

OCLC:

56218066