Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair

(Autor)

John Carey (Herausgeber)

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
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