内容简介
A deliciously satirical attack on a money-mad society, Vanity Fair, which first appeared in 1847, is an immensely moral novel, and an immensely witty one. Called in its subtitle "A Novel Without a Hero," Vanity Fair has instead two heroines: the faithful, loyal Amelia Sedley and the beautiful and scheming social climber Becky Sharp. It also engages a huge cast of wonderful supporting characters as the novel spins from Miss Pinkerton"s academy for young ladies to affairs of love and war on the Continent to liaisons in the dazzling ballrooms of London. Thackeray"s forte is the bon mot and it is amply exercised in a novel filled with memorably wicked lines. Lengthy and leisurely in pace,the novel follows the adventures of Becky and Amelia as their fortunes rise and fall, creating a tale both picaresque and risque. Thackeray mercilessly skewers his society, especially the upper class, poking fun at their shallow values and pointedly jabbing at their hypocritical "morals." His weapons, however, are not fire and brimstone but an unerring eye for the absurd and a genius for observation of the foibles of his age. An enduring classic,this great novel is a brilliant study in duplicity and hypocrisy...and a mirror with which to view our own times.
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INTRODUCTION READING LIST BEFORE THE CURTAIN CHISWICK MALL IN WHICH MISS SHARP AND MISS SEDLEY PREPARE TO OPEN THE CAMPAIGN REBECCA IS IN PRESENCE OF THE ENEMY THE GREEN SILK PURSE DOBBIN OF OURS VAUXHALL CRAWLEY OF QUEEN"S CRAWLEY PRIVATE AND ConFIDENTIAL FAMILY PORTRAITS MISS SHARP BEGINS TO MAKE FRIENDS ARCADIAN SIMPLICITY QUITE A SENTIMENTAL CHAPTER SENTIMENTAL AND OTHERWISE MISS CRAWLEY AT HOME IN WHICH REBECCA"S HUSBAND APPEARS FOR A SHORT TIME THE LETTER ON THE PINCUSHION HOW CAPTAIN DOBBIN BOUGHT A PIANO WHO PLAYED ON THE PIANO CAPTAIN DOBBIN BOUGHT MISS CRAWLEY AT NURSE IN WHICH CAPTAIN DOBBIN ACTS AS THE MESSENGER OF HYMEN A QUARREL about AN HEIRESS A MARRIAGE AND PART OF A HonEYMOON CAPTAIN DOBBIN PROCEEDS ON HIS CANVASS IN WHICH MR. OSBORNE TAKES DOWN THE FAMILY BIBLE IN WHICH ALL THE PRINCIPAL PERSonAGES THINK FIT TO LEAVE BRIGHTON BETWEEN LonDON AND CHATHAM IN WHICH AMELIA JOINS HER REGIMENT IN WHICH AMELIA INVADES THE LOW COUNTRIES BRUSSELS
