Thackeray's Works - Softcover

William Makepeace Thackeray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461789531 ISBN 13: 9780461789539

Publisher: HardPress, 1868

Synopsis

"Thackeray's Works" by William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair is a biting social satire that follows Becky Sharp, Rawdon Crawley, and a sprawling circle of society as they chase money, marriage, and appearances across Paris, London, and the Continent. The narrative contrasts Becky's calculating charm with Major Dobbin's steadfast virtue, while tracing how inheritance, debt, and social maneuvering propel alliances and define status. Central figures include Miss Crawley, Pitt Crawley, Lady Southdown, the Osbornes, the Sedleys, and a web of kin whose fortunes interweave through salons, clubs, and courtly entertainments. Set against glamorous salons, gambling rooms, and the colonial backdrop of Madras, Vanity Fair uses cross-cultural settings to reveal vanity, hypocrisy, and the costs of ambition. The themes examine fidelity, social performance, and the moral economy of wealth, offering a panoramic, satirical portrait of early 19th-century high society that remains sharply relevant.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1868
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461789531
• ISBN 13: 9780461789539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 454