Vanity Fair

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No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.

subjects: Social life and customs, fiction,  Women, fiction,  Waterloo, Battle of (Belgium : 1815) fast (OCoLC)fst01172689,  Married women, fiction,  Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815,  Female friendship, fiction,  British,  Social classes, fiction,  England, fiction,  Married people, fiction,  Friendship, fiction,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  London (England), fiction,  Fiction, humorous,  Governesses, fiction,  Fiction, satire,  Manners and customs, fiction,  Waterloo (Belgium), Battle of, 1815,  English,  Wives,  Fiction, humorous, general,  Fiction in English,  Bataille de Waterloo, Waterloo, Belgique, 1815,  Romans, nouvelles,  Britanniques,  Amitié féminine,  Classes sociales,  Femmes mariées,  18.05 English literature,  Waterloo, Battle of (Belgium : 1815) in literature,  British in fiction,  Female friendship, fiction, Waterloo,  Battle of,  Waterloo,  Belgium,  1815 in fiction,  Classics,  FICTION / Classics,  Photoplay editions,  History,  Snobs and snobbishness,  Upper class,  Children's fiction,  Great Britain, fiction,  Fiction, romance, historical, regency,  Suo xie ben,  Chang pian xiao shuo,  Europe, fiction,  Collected works (single author, multi-form),  Literary criticism,  European,  Thackeray, william makepeace , 1811-1863,  Women--england--fiction,  Waterloo, battle of, waterloo, belgium, 1815--fiction,  British--europe--fiction,  Pr5618 .a1 1994,  823/.8,  Social classes,  Fiction,  Female friendship,  Married women,  Long Now Manual for Civilization,  Literature,  Women,  Social life and customs

People: William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) Becky Sharp,  Amelia,  George,  Dobbin

Places: London,  England,  Europe,  London (England),  Ying guo

Times: Regency Era,  Jin dai