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" Vanity fair : "
William Makepeace Thackeray ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Carey.
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1005603
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b759973
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| Main Entry
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Thackeray, William Makepeace,1811-1863.
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Vanity fair : : a novel without a hero /\ William Makepeace Thackeray ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Carey.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Penguin Books,, 2001.
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| Series Statement
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Penguin classics
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xl, 866 pages ;; 20 cm
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0140437533
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: 0141019565
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: 0141439831
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: 0143034448
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: 9780140437539
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: 9780141019567
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: 9780141439839
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: 9780143034445
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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxvi-xxxvii).
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| Contents
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1. Chiswick Mall -- 2. In which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley prepare to open the campaign -- 3. Rebecca is in presence of the enemy -- 4. The green silk purse -- 5. Dobbin of ours -- 6. Vauxhall -- 7. Crawley of Queen's Crawley -- 8. Private and confidential -- 9. Family portraits -- 10. Miss Sharp begins to make friends -- 11. Arcadian simplicity -- 12. Quite a sentimental chapter -- 13. Sentimental and otherwise -- 14. Miss Crawley at home -- 15. In which Rebecca's husband appears for a short time -- 16. The letter on the pincushion -- 17. How Captain Dobbin bought a piano -- 18. Who played on the piano Captain Dobbin bought? -- 19. Miss Crawley at nurse -- 20. In which Captain Dobbin acts as the messenger of hymen -- 21. A quarrel about an heiress -- 22. A marriage and part of a honeymoon -- 23. Captain Dobbin proceeds on his canvass -- 24. In which Mr Osborne takes down the family Bible -- 25. In which all the principal personages think fit to leave Brighton -- 26. Between London and Chatham -- 27. In which Amelia joins her regiment -- 28. In which Amelia invades the low countries -- 29. Brussels -- 30. 'The girl I left behind me' -- 31. In which Jos Sedley takes care of his sister -- 32. In which Jos takes flight, and the war is brought to a close -- 33. In which Miss Crawley's relations are very anxious about her -- 34. James Crawley's pipe is put out -- 35. Widow and mother -- 36. How to live well on nothing a year -- 37. The subject continued -- 38. A family in a very small way -- 39. A cynical chapter -- 40. In which Becky is recognized by the family -- 41. In which Becky revisits the halls of her ancestors -- 42. Which treats of the Osborne family -- 43. In which the reader has to double the cape -- 44. A roundabout chapter between London and Hampshire -- 45. Between Hampshire and London -- 46. Struggles and trials -- 47. Gaunt House -- 48. In which the reader is introduced to the very best of company -- 49. In which we enjoy three courses and a dessert -- 50. Contains a vulgar incident -- 51. In which a charade is acted which may or may not puzzle the reader -- 52. In which Lord Steyne shows himself in a most amiable light -- 53. A rescue and a catastrophe -- 54. Sunday after the battle -- 55. In which the same subject is pursued -- 56. Georgy is made a gentleman -- 57. Eothen -- 58. Our friend the major -- 59. The old piano -- 60. Returns to the genteel world -- 61. In which two lights are put out -- 62. Am Rhein -- 63. In which we meet an old acquaintance -- 64. A vagabond chapter -- 65. Full of business and pleasure -- 66. Amantium Irae -- 67. Which contains births, marriages, and deaths.
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| Abstract
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The story of the amoral beauty Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to climb the social ladder, and her sentimental companion Amelia, who falls for a caddish soldier, presents a panoramic satire of Regency society.
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British-- Europe, Fiction.
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Female friendship, Fiction.
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Married women, Fiction.
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Social classes, Fiction.
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Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815, Fiction.
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British.
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English-- Europe, Fiction.
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Female friendship.
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Manners and customs.
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Married women.
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Social classes, Fiction.
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Social classes.
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Waterloo (Belgium), Battle of, 1815, Fiction.
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Wives, Fiction.
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England, Fiction.
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England, Social life and customs, Fiction.
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Belgium, Waterloo.
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England.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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823/.8
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PR5618.A2C37 2001
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| Added Entry
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Carey, John,1934-
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