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Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair 1

by William Makepeace Thackeray
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 19/05/2015
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William Makepeace Thackeray's masterpiece, still as relevant today as it was upon its first publication



Set during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, this classic gives a satirical picture of a worldly society. The novel revolves around the exploits of the impoverished but beautiful and devious Becky Sharp.



This novel is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.
ISBN:
9781491574027
9781491574027
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
19-05-2015
Publisher:
Classic Collection
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
171x133x19mm
Weight:
0.09kg
William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta in 1811. On his way to England from India, the small Thackeray saw Napoleon on St Helena.

In 1837, Thackeray came to London and became a regular contributor to Fraser's Magazine. From 1842 to 1851, he was on the staff of Punch, and this was when he wrote Vanity Fair, the work which placed him in the first rank of novelists. He completed it when he was thirty-seven.

In 1857, Thackeray stood unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate for Oxford. In 1859 he took on the editorship of the Cornhill Magazine. He resigned the position in 1862 because kindliness and sensitivity of spirit made it difficult for him to turn down contributors.

Thackeray drew on his own experiences for his writing. He had a great weakness for gambling, a great desire for worldly success, and over his life hung the tragic illness of his wife Isabella, with whom he had hree daughters, one dying in infancy.

Thackeray died December 24, 1863. He was buried in Kensal Green, and a bust by Marochetti was put up to his memory in Westminster Abbey.

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Really brilliantly read audio edition of the classic Vanity Fair. The novel itself is not for everyone with it's not very likeable main protagonist and its historical setting, but it is a Great Novel and a superb piece of English literature.

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