Category: Book Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair In his novel Vanity Fair it is Thackeray’s intention to create a canvass where all the characters are vain. The intention is announced in the subtitle, which reads “A Novel Without a Hero”. There is no character in it with heroic qualities to admire, and we search in vain for a reference point…

The story starts from the graduation of the two classmates – the polar opposites of each other. One girl is named Becky Sharp and she is from the dysfunctional family of a former art teacher who abuses alcohol. Amelia Sedley is the descendant of the middle-to-upper class family of a property investor. They have absolutely…