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Thackeray, William Makepeace

 
9781847497963: Vanity Fair: Annotated Edition (Alma Classics Evergreens)
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ISBN 10 : 1847497969 ISBN 13 : 9781847497963
Editeur : Alma Classics, 2019

Synopsis

Before taking up her new post as a governess, the artful and ambitious Becky Sharp spends a brief period at the family home of her friend Amelia Sedley. Passive, pampered and utterly reliant on others, Amelia is the opposite of her scheming and ruthless friend. While Becky tries to ensnare the wealthy and vain Jos Sedley, Amelia desires nothing more than to be betrothed to the self-obsessed and raffish soldier George Osborne. Meanwhile, Captain William Dobbin, with his constant and selfless love for Amelia, is the only one who steers clear of any calculated romantic manoeuvrings. Woven into the climactic events of the Napoleonic Wars, and set against a backdrop of gaudy elegance and cut-throat personal ambition, Vanity Fair is an epic and sweeping satire, and a landmark of English literature.

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À propos de l'auteur

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-63) was an English novelist best known for Vanity Fair, a satirical portrait of English society that is considered one of the crowning achievements of Victorian literature.

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Before taking up her new post as a governess, the artful and ambitious Becky Sharp spends a brief period at the family home of her friend Amelia Sedley. Passive, pampered and utterly reliant on others, Amelia is the opposite of her scheming and ruthless friend. While Becky tries to ensnare the wealthy and vain Jos Sedley, Amelia desires nothing more than to be betrothed to the self-obsessed and raffish soldier George Osborne. Meanwhile, Captain William Dobbin, with his constant and selfless love for Amelia, is the only one who steers clear of any calculated romantic manoeuvrings. Woven into the climactic events of the Napoleonic Wars, and set against a backdrop of gaudy elegance and cut-throat personal ambition, Vanity Fair is an epic and sweeping satire, and a landmark of English literature.

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Éditeur
Alma Classics
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1847497969
ISBN 13 
9781847497963
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
800
Coordonnées du fabricant
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