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Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair is the most successful novel by
Thackeray.
It was first published as a 19-volume
monthly serial from 1847 to 1848, carrying
the subtitle Pen and Pencil Sketches of
English Society.
It was then published as a single volume
in 1848 with the subtitle A Novel without a
Hero.
1. Major characters
Rebecca (Becky) Sharp
Rawdon Crawley
Sir Pitt Crawley
Amelia Sedley
Joseph Sedley
George Osborne
Captain Dobbin
Lord Steyne
2. Story
Rebecca Sharp and Amelia Sedley’s
graduated from Pinkton Girls’ School.
Becky stayed with Emmy in her wealthy
London family.
Hoping to marry Jos, Becky enticed him,
but she failed.
Becky became a governess to the
daughters of Sir Pitt Crawley.
Sir Pitt proposed marriage to he after the
death of his second wife.
He found that Betty had secretly married
his second son, Captain Rawdon Crawley.
Rawdon Crawley was disinherited.
Amelias father became bankrupt. George
Osborne married Amelia with the help of
Dobbin, and George was consequently
disinherited.
During the Napoleonic War, George was
killed, while Dobbin and Rawdon survived.
Amelia bore a posthumous son. Dobbin
paid for a small annuity for her and
expressed his love for her, but she could
not forget her husband who already
betrayed her.
Becky also had a son, named Rawdon after
his father. The couple managed to live in
style in Paris and then in London on credit
even when they ruined those who trusted
them.
Rawdon was in debt and suspected that
Becky was not faithful and was forced to
leave for and then died in a colony.
Dobbin returned to Amelia. Amelia finally
realized that George was not perfect and
accepted Dobbin.
Becky met Jos in Europe. Jos died a few
month later, leaving a sum of money to
Becky.
3. Themes
The world is shown as full of all kinds
of vanity, esp. snobbe
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