Ruthless social climber & irrepressible anti-hero Becky Sharp will do anything to raise her position in Society, from impoverished
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Two young women, Becky Sharp & Amelia Sedley, leave Miss Pinkertons Academy together.
They are friends, yet witty & flirtatious Becky looks set to outdo the pasive, sweet-natured Amelia with her ruthless determination to grab what she can in life.
And so all kinds of battles & fortunes are won & lost against a backdrop of the Napoleonic wars.
Hailed as a literary masterpiece upon first publication, William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair has never waned in popularity & remains a highly entertaining satire of early nineteenth-century high society.
Now a major TV series starring Olivia Cooke, Simon Russell Beale & Micheal Palin.
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781788881876
• Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
• Publisher: Arcturus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 719
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 4cm