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  • "Vanity Fair" is a sweeping epic set at the every end of the Napoleonic era, specifically the Battle of Waterloo. Though, this has less to do with military tactics and more with social conventions and hypocrisy. Thackery created the immortal, unforgettable anti-hero Becky Sharpe, his exquisitely ch ... Continue

    "Vanity Fair" is a sweeping epic set at the every end of the Napoleonic era, specifically the Battle of Waterloo. Though, this has less to do with military tactics and more with social conventions and hypocrisy. Thackery created the immortal, unforgettable anti-hero Becky Sharpe, his exquisitely characterized weapon of choice in his cutting, witty satire. Becky has captivated and frustrated readers for over a century now. Although Margaret Mitchell denies having read "Vanity Fair", fans of "Gone with the Wind" cannot fail to draw comparisons between the two scheming, spirited main characters, though the aims of the novels are very different.

    

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  • Vanity Fair

  • A wonderful Victorian satire.

    

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