{"product_id":"vanity-fair-vintage-classics","title":"Vanity Fair (Vintage Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thackeray, William Makepeace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Reprint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 04-05-2009\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003emodel number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099518938\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099518938\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\n'I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year' \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBecky Sharp is a poor orphan when she first makes friends with the lovely Amelia Sedley at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies. She may not have the natural advantages of her companion but she more than makes up for it with her wit, charm, deviousness and determination to make a success of herself in the world, whatever the cost. Vanity Fair is the story of anti-hero Becky's spectacular rise and fall as she gambles, manipulates and seduces her way through high society against the backdrop of Waterloo and the Napoleonic wars.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\nThe only English novel which...challenges comparison\u003cbr\u003e\n with\u003cbr\u003e\n War and Peace -- John Carey\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe best thing he ever wrote - sharp, brilliant, touching, clever and cruel, with an unforgettable heroine -- Joanna Trollope\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWitty, sexy, sandy-haired Becky Sharp, whose impoverished background explains her hunger for rich men and high position. She is a rebel from the very first chapter of Thackeray's\u003cbr\u003e\nVanity Fair. Her one final act of kindness derives from her constant virtue: seeing things as they are -- Maggie Gee ―\u003cbr\u003e\nIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA terrific book - bold, funny, scathing and quite unpredictable -- Al Murray\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBecky Sharp may be one of literature's great schemers, but she's also one of its most memorable and entertaining. More rounded than almost all the simpering Victorian dolls who followed, she alone is worth the read ―\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nWilliam Makepeace Thackeray was born on 18 July 1811 in Calcutta in India. After studying at Trinity College Cambridge he worked as a journalist and studied Art in London and Paris. In 1836 he married Isabella Shawe and they went on to have three daughters, one of whom died in infancy. He first found literary success with The Yellowplush Papers in 1837 and went on to write other works such as\u003cbr\u003e\nThe FitzBoodle Papers,\u003cbr\u003e\nCatherine,\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Luck of Barry Lyndon and\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Snobs of England before he published his masterpiece,\u003cbr\u003e\nVanity Fair, in 1847. William Makepeace Thackeray died on Christmas Eve in 1863.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099518938\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8 x 5.1 x 2.6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49111035445552,"sku":"Prakash_9780099518938","price":639.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/vintage-classics-book-default-title-vanity-fair-vintage-classics-38848309592368.jpg?v=1753014191","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/vanity-fair-vintage-classics","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}