{"product_id":"9781593080716","title":"William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by William Makepeace Thackeray. Themes include Fiction, Classics, Literary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eWilliam Makepeace Thackeray\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. \"I think I could be a good woman, if I had five thousand a year,\" observes beautiful and clever Becky Sharp, one of the wickedest--and most appealing--women in all of literature. Becky is just one of the many fascinating figures that populate \u003cb\u003eWilliam Makepeace Thackeray\u003c\/b\u003e's novel \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, a wonderfully satirical panorama of upper-middle-class life and manners in London at the beginning of the nineteenth century. \u003cp\u003eScorned for her lack of money and breeding, Becky must use all her wit, charm and considerable sex appeal to escape her drab destiny as a governess. From London's ballrooms to the battlefields of Waterloo, the bewitching Becky works her wiles on a gallery of memorable characters, including her lecherous employer, Sir Pitt, his rich sister, Miss Crawley, and Pitt's dashing son, Rawdon, the first of Becky's misguided sexual entanglements. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with hilarious dialogue and superb characterizations, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e is a richly entertaining comedy that asks the reader, \"Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures more than 100 illustrations drawn by Thackeray himself for the initial publication.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eStrongnicholas Dames is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmnesiac Selves: Nostalgia, Forgetting, and British Fiction, 1810-1870\u003c\/i\u003e, and other commentary on nineteenth-century British and French fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58031054487926,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781593080716.jpg?v=1780672305","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781593080716","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}