Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (English) Paperback Book

Description: Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, Owen Knowles, Dr Keith Carabine Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of two contrasting but inter-linked lives. Through the retiring Amelia Sedley and the brilliant Becky Sharp, Thackeray examines the position of women in an intensely exploitative male world. Publisher Description Thackerays upper-class Regency world is a noisy and jostling commercial fairground, predominantly driven by acquisitive greed and soulless materialism, in which the narrator himself plays a brilliantly versatile role as a serio-comic observer. Although subtitled A Novel without a Hero, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of two contrasting but inter-linked lives: through the retiring Amelia Sedley and the brilliant Becky Sharp, Thackeray examines the position of women in an intensely exploitative male world. When Vanity Fair was published in 1848, Charlotte Brontë commented: The more I read Thackerays works the more certain I am that he stands alone – alone in his sagacity, alone in his truth, alone in his feeling... Thackeray is a Titan. AUTHOR: William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) was an English writer. His finest work, Vanity Fair, brought him fame, and comparisons with Dickens. The novel has retained its perennial appeal, and is widely considered to be one of the finest written during the nineteenth century. Author Biography About the Contributor: Joanna Trollope is the author of THE BEST OF FRIENDS, OTHER PEOPLES CHILDREN, and most recently, MARRYING THE MISTRESS, among other books. She lives in England. William Makepeace Thackeray, whose satiric novels are often regarded as the great upper-class counterpart to Dickenss panoramic depiction of lower-class Victorian society, was born on July 18, 1811, in Calcutta, India. His father, a prosperous official of the British East India Company, died four years later, and at the age of six Thackeray was sent to England to be educated. After graduating from the C Details ISBN 1853260193 ISBN-13 9781853260193 Title Vanity Fair Author William Makepeace Thackeray, Owen Knowles, Dr Keith Carabine Format Paperback Year 1992 Pages 720 Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd GE_Item_ID:1132937; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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