| Vanity Fair Contributor(s): Thackeray, William Makepeace (Author) |
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ISBN: 1934169080 ISBN-13: 9781934169087 Publisher: Norilana Books OUR PRICE: $38.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: Essentially a commentary on hypocrisy and those ethical principles to which society pays lip-service, VANITY FAIR (1847-8) is a classic epic extending from urban and rural England to Waterloo and the continental haunts of exiles. Considered one of the greatest social-satirical novels in English, this edition includes all of the author's own illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 823.8 |
| Lexile Measure: 1270 |
| Series: Norilana Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.63" H x 6" W x 9" (2.55 lbs) 688 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 722 Reading Level: 12.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 66.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero is an unparalleled satire of 19th Century British Society, written by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) and originally published in serial format from 1847 to 1848. Meet the charming and cunning Becky Sharp, insinuating upward through the social ranks with the fervor of Napoleon plowing through Europe, and the subtlety of a butterfly. More so than any other picaresque character, Becky Sharp's name has become synonymous with a gold-digging, amoral, opportunistic social charmer who is also shrewd and strong-a portrait of a complex woman of her time. She is the anti-heroine you love to hate, and yet at the same time cannot help but secretly admire her methods. |