Vanity fair :
a novel without a hero /
by William Makepeace Thackeray; illustrated with two hundred drawings made by the author for the first edition, with a note upon the text by John T. Winterich and a note upon the drawings by John Sloan.

Description

Main Author

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

Related Names

Sloan, John, 1871-1951, illustrator.
Winterich, John T., 1891-1970, writer of added commentary.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York, Heritage Press [©1940]

Subjects

Sharp, Becky > Sharp, Becky / (Fictitious character)
Sharp, Becky > Sharp, Becky / (Fictitious character) > Sharp, Becky / (Fictitious character) / Fiction.
Social classes.
Married women.
Female friendship.
British.
English fiction.
Man-woman relationships.
Roman anglais > Roman anglais / 19e siècle.
Relations entre hommes et femmes > Relations entre hommes et femmes / Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Femmes mariées > Femmes mariées / Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Classes sociales > Classes sociales / Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Amitié féminine > Amitié féminine / Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Britanniques > Britanniques / Europe > Britanniques / Europe / Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Bataille de Waterloo, Waterloo, Belgique, 1815 > Bataille de Waterloo, Waterloo, Belgique, 1815 / Romans, nouvelles, etc.
English fiction > English fiction / 19th century.
Man-woman relationships > Man-woman relationships / Fiction.
Married women > Married women / Fiction.
Social classes > Social classes / Fiction.
Female friendship > Female friendship / Fiction.
British > British / Europe > British / Europe / Fiction.
Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 > Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 / Fiction.
Europe.
England.
Belgium > Belgium / Waterloo.
Angleterre > Angleterre / Romans, nouvelles, etc.
England > England / Fiction.
Satire.
Satirical literature.
Satire.
Fiction.
Satirical literature.
English fiction
Satire.

Summary

This book is a satire of early 19th century British society. A bewitching beauty who bends men to her will using charm, sex, and guile. An awkward man who remains loyal to his friends, even when those friends don't deserve his affection. A mother who cannot get over the loss of her husband and devotes her life to her child. Though written in 1847-48, William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair is peopled by types who remain familiar today. The novel's early nineteenth-century setting immerses us in a strange world of social stratification, moral strictures, and self-conscious sentiment. Yet its characters--from dissolute playboys and self-important heirs to judgmental aunts and finicky gourmands--are instantly recognizable. --Penguin.com.

Note

Illustrated title page.

Physical Description

2 preliminary leaves, vii-xxii, 759 pages, 1 leaf including frontispiece, illustrations 24 cm

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