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This is Thackeray's rich and gloriously chaotic sketch of English society during the Napoleonic wars. At the centre of this picture is the scheming and disreputable Becky Sharp, one of Thackeray's greatest creations. The style here is fast-paced and comic, but the character of Dobbin and his unrequited love for Amelia bring depth and pathos to the novel. Dobbin, the unheroic hero, is Thackeray's realistic answer to the hero-worship of high romanticism. The novel stands as a landmark in the development of European Realism.
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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) born and educated to be a gentleman but gambled away much of his fortune while at Cambridge. He then trained as a lawyer before turning to journalism. He was a regular contributor to periodicals and magazinesand 'Vanity Fair' was serialised in Punch in 1847-8. His other novels include 'The Luck of Barry Lyndon' and 'The History of Henry Esmond.
John Carey is Professor of English at Oxford University. He has written on Dickens and Thackeray.
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- Data di pubblicazione2001
- ISBN 10 0140437533
- ISBN 13 9780140437539
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine912
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Vanity Fair. William Makepeace Thackeray
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Descrizione libro The story of English society in the early nineteenth century. Autor: William Makepeace Thackeray Fecha: 2001 ISBN: 9780140437539. Codice articolo 20230802059
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