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William Makepeace Thackeray
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Vanity Fair (Penguin Popular Classics) |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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688 |
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1994-06-30 |
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0140620850 |
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Penguin Classics |
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0.71 pounds |
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0.98 x 4.37 x 7.13 inches |
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New Ed |
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Product Description
A novel that chronicles the lives of two women who could not be more different: Becky Sharp, an orphan whose only resources are her vast ambitions, her native wit, and her loose morals; and her schoolmate Amelia Sedley, a typically naive Victorian heroine, the pampered daughter of a wealthy family.
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Dovile (Lithuania) (2008/07/04):
The 5 star reviews at Amazon say it all, no need to repeat it. Just my personal impression: towards the end of the book, it steadily becomes less a social satire and more a soap opera. And while the developement of the character Becky seems quite reasonable and believable, the annoyngly passive character of Amelia (which, to tell the truth, I never liked from the very beginning) and her "love - and can't love" relationship with Dobbin made me wish that the book would end a bunch of pages sooner.By the way, the book is written in really small font (8-9 pt), so those with eyesight problems, beware.
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http://bookmooch.com/0140620850 |
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