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Published in book form in 1848, "Vanity Fair" is a novel of early 19th-century English society by William Makepeace Thackeray and it is considered by many his masterwork. Thackeray’s previous writings had been published either unsigned or under pseudonyms, but "Vanity Fair" was the first work he published under his own name.
"Vanity Fair" follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars.
The novel takes its title from the place designated as the centre of human corruption in John Bunyan’s 17th-century allegory "Pilgrim’s Progress". The book is a densely populated multilayered panorama of manners and human frailties; subtitled A Novel Without a Hero, "Vanity Fair" metaphorically represents the human condition. Its characters are virtually lacking in positive qualities and are obsessed with social climbing and the acquisition of wealth.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics, Historical Fiction
Length32 hrs 50 mins
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Publish dateFeb 26, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Before the Curtain
2Chapter 1 - Chiswick Mall
3Chapter 2 - In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign
4Chapter 3 - Rebecca Is in Presence of the Enemy
5Chapter 4 - The Green Silk Purse
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6Chapter 5 - Dobbin of Ours
7Chapter 6 - Vauxhall
8Chapter 7 - Crawley of Queen's Crawley
9Chapter 8 - Private and Confidential
10Chapter 9 - Family Portraits
11Chapter 10 - Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends
12Chapter 11 - Arcadian Simplicity
13Chapter 12 - Quite a Sentimental Chapter
14Chapter 13 - Sentimental and Otherwise
15Chapter 14 - Miss Crawley at Home
16Chapter 15 - In Which Rebecca's Husband Appears for a Short Time
17Chapter 16 - The Letter on the Pincushion
18Chapter 17 - How Captain Dobbin Bought a Piano
19Chapter 18 - Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought
20Chapter 19 - Miss Crawley at Nurse
21Chapter 20 - In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Messenger of Hymen
22Chapter 21 - A Quarrel About an Heiress
23Chapter 22 - A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon
24Chapter 23 - Captain Dobbin Proceeds on His Canvass
25Chapter 24 - In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Down the Family Bible
26Chapter 25 - In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton
27Chapter 26 - Between London and Chatham
28Chapter 27 - In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment
29Chapter 28 - In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries
30Chapter 29 - Brussels
31Chapter 30 - "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
32Chapter 31 - In Which Jos Sedley Takes Care of His Sister
33Chapter 32 - In Which Jos Takes Flight, and the War Is Brought to a Close
34Chapter 33 - In Which Miss Crawley's Relations Are Very Anxious About Her
35Chapter 34 - James Crawley's Pipe Is Put Out
36Chapter 35 - Widow and Mother
37Chapter 36 - How to Live Well on Nothing a Year
38Chapter 37 - The Subject Continued
39Chapter 38 - A Family in a Very Small Way
40Chapter 39 - A Cynical Chapter
41Chapter 40 - In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family
42Chapter 41 - In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors
43Chapter 42 - Which Treats of the Osborne Family
44Chapter 43 - In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape
45Chapter 44 - A Round-about Chapter between London and Hampshire
46Chapter 45 - Between Hampshire and London
47Chapter 46 - Struggles and Trials
48Chapter 47 - Gaunt House
49Chapter 48 - In Which the Reader Is Introduced to the Very Best of Company
50Chapter 49 - In Which We Enjoy Three Courses and a Dessert
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