Vanity Fair

By Thackeray, William Makepeace

Book Id: WPLBN0002950822
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File Size: 952.81 MB
Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Vanity Fair
Author:	Thackeray, William Makepeace
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Satire
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Vanity Fair; by William Makepeace Thackeray
Historic Publication Date:	1848
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Makepeace Thackeray, B. W. (1848). Vanity Fair. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England. Like many novels of the time, Vanity Fair was published as a serial before being sold in book form; it was printed in 20 monthly parts between January 1847 and July 1848.Thackeray meant the book to be not only entertaining but also instructive; this is shown both by the narrator of the book and in Thackeray's private correspondence. The novel is now remembered as a classic of English literature, though some critics claim that it has structural problems; Thackeray sometimes lost track of the huge scope of his work, mixing up characters' names and minor plot details. The number of allusions and references it contains can make it difficult for modern readers to follow.

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Excerpt
Satire