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When thackeray wrote vanity fair, in 184678, he was living in young street, kensington, a street on your left hand before you come to the church. Vanity fair william makepeace thackeray englishereader. The title is taken from bunyans the pilgrims progress. Becky is just one of the many fascinating figures that populate william makepeace thackerays novel vanity fair, a wonderfully satirical panorama of uppermiddleclass life and manners in london at the. The first edition of the novel was published in 1847, and was written by william makepeace thackeray. A novel without a hero modern library classics by william makepeace thackeray 20010508 and read vanity fair. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In vanity fair, social life especially the hierarchical, snobby, getahead version of society that becky is forever trying to conquer revolves mainly around trying to figure out exactly what each persons particular vanity is, then giving them enough rope to hang themselves with it. He sometimes directs the action and sometimes observes the action, but he always comments in his opinionated voice on everyone and everything. Vanity fair, by william makepeace thackeray the atlantic.
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