LEADER 03419nam 2200649 450 001 9910157451703321 005 20170919203957.0 010 $a0-486-81293-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000744382 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001693724 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16545504 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001693724 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)15066078 035 $a(PQKB)25090874 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4573495 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6896109 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6896109 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000744382 100 $a20151228h20162016 uy| 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVanity fair $e[a novel without a hero] /$fWilliam 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 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aMineola, New York :$cDover Publications,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (686 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aDover thrift editions 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-486-45752-4 330 $a"Subtitled "a novel without a hero," Vanity Fair offers an acidly satirical romp across all levels of English society during the Napoleonic wars. William Thackeray focuses on how the war affects people other than soldiers, the typical heroes. All of his characters are deeply flawed, from social climber Becky Sharp and sweet Amelia Sedley to caddish George Osborne and loyal William Dobbin. Becky, liar and hypocrite, takes center stage as one of literature's great female protagonists. Penniless, armed with only her beauty, charm, and cunning, she claws her way forward by practicing the corrupt principles of her world. Becky seduces her enemies and betrays friends with a charismatic energy that has captivated generations of readers. Regarded as Thackeray's best novel and masterpiece, Vanity Fair was published in serial form in 1847-48 in Punch and established the author's literary reputation as well as his social status and financial security. Critic A. E. Dyson acclaimed it as "one of the world's most devious novels, devious in its characterization, its irony, its explicit moralizing, its exuberance, its tone. Few novels demand more continuing alertness from the reader, or offer more intellectual and moral stimulation in return." "--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aDover thrift editions. 606 $aWaterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815$vFiction 606 $aBritish$zEurope$vFiction 606 $aSocial classes$zEngland$zLondon$vFiction 606 $aMarried women$zEngland$zLondon$vFiction 606 $aGovernesses$zEngland$zLondon$vFiction 606 $aFemale friendship$vFiction 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWaterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 615 0$aBritish 615 0$aSocial classes 615 0$aMarried women 615 0$aGovernesses 615 0$aFemale friendship 676 $a823/.8 686 $aFIC004000$2bisacsh 700 $aThackeray$b William Makepeace$f1811-1863,$0163526 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157451703321 996 $aVanity fair$945212 997 $aUNINA