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to her. However, he finds that Becky has secretly married his second son, Captain Rawdon Crawley, but Becky very much regrets having done this; she had no idea that his father's wife would die so soon after. Sir Pitt's elder half sister, the spinster Miss Crawley, is very rich, having inherited her mother's fortune, and the whole Crawley family compete for her favour so she will bequeath them her wealth. Initially her favourite is Rawdon Crawley, but his marriage with Becky enrages her. First she favours the family of Sir Pitt's brother, but when she dies, she leaves her money to Sir Pitt's eldest son, also called Pitt.
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London - he is later an alderman and colonel of the City Light Horse regiment, and knighted) and the Osbornes belong to the genteel class and have become independently wealthy. He defends George and is blind to his faults in many ways, although he tries to force George to do the right thing. He pushes George to keep his promise to marry Amelia even though Dobbin is in love with Amelia himself. After George is killed, Dobbin puts together an annuity to help support Amelia, ostensibly with the help of George's fellow officers.
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Sedley family until Mr. Sedley (the father of Jos and Amelia, and George Osborne's godfather, from whom the latter takes his middle name of 'Sedley') goes bankrupt following some ill-advised speculation. Since George and Amelia were raised in close company and were childhood sweethearts, George defies his father to marry Amelia. Before father and son can be reconciled, George is killed at the battle of Waterloo, leaving the pregnant Amelia to carry on as well as she can.
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story's end she is portrayed as vacuous and shallow. Dobbin appears first as loyal and magnanimous, if unaware of his own worth; by the end of the story he is presented as a tragic fool, a prisoner of his own sense of duty who knows he is wasting his gifts on Amelia but is unable to live without her. The novel's increasingly grim outlook can take readers aback, as characters whom the reader at first holds in sympathy are shown to be unworthy of such regard.
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India or waiting on her in person, allowing her to take advantage of his good nature. After Amelia finally chooses Becky's friendship over his during their stay in Germany, Dobbin leaves in disgust. He returns when Amelia writes to him and admits her feelings for him, marries her (despite having lost much of his passion for her), and has a daughter whom he loves deeply.
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rejected a better man, Dobbin. Amelia and Dobbin are reconciled and return to England. Becky and Jos stay in Europe. Jos dies, possibly suspiciously, after signing a portion of his money to Becky as life insurance, thereby setting her up with an income. She returns to England, and manages a respectable life, although all her previous friends refuse to acknowledge her.
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Dobbin return. Dobbin professes his unchanged love to Amelia. Amelia is affectionate, but she cannot forget the memory of her dead husband. Dobbin mediates a reconciliation between Amelia and her father-in-law, who dies soon after. He had amended his will, bequeathing young George half his large fortune and Amelia a generous annuity.
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This comparative loyalty to Amelia stems from Becky having no other friends at school, and Amelia having "by a thousand kind words and offices, overcome... (Becky's) hostility"; 'The gentle tender-hearted Amelia Sedley was the only person to whom she could attach herself in the least; and who could help attaching herself to Amelia?'
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bank records and leaves her, expecting Steyne to challenge him to a duel. Instead Steyne arranges for Rawdon to be made Governor of Coventry Island, a pestilential and disease-ridden location. Becky, having lost both husband and credibility, leaves England and wanders the continent, leaving her son in the care of Pitt and Lady Jane.
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was the first work that Thackeray published under his own name and was extremely well received at the time. After the conclusion of its serial publication, it was printed as a bound volume by Bradbury & Evans in 1848 and was quickly picked up by other London printers as well. As a collected work,
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in India. Obese and self-important but very shy and insecure, he is attracted to Becky Sharp but circumstances prevent him from proposing. He never marries, but when he meets Becky again he is easily manipulated into falling in love with her. Jos is not a courageous or intelligent man, displaying his
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The elderly Miss Crawley is everyone's favourite wealthy aunt. Sir Pitt and Rawdon both dote on her, although Rawdon is her favourite nephew and sole heir until he marries Becky. While Miss Crawley likes Becky and keeps her around to entertain her with sarcasm and wit, and while she loves scandal and
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Rawdon, the younger of the two Crawley sons, is an empty-headed cavalry officer who is his wealthy aunt's favourite until he marries Becky Sharp, who is of a far lower class. He permanently alienates his aunt, who leaves her estate to Rawdon's elder brother Sir Pitt instead. Sir Pitt has by this time
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with her parents, spending her life in memory of her husband and care of her son. Dobbin pays for a small annuity for Amelia and expresses his love for her by small kindnesses toward her and her son. She is too much in love with her husband's memory to return Dobbin's love. Saddened, he goes with his
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George Osborne, his father (a merchant, of considerably superior social status to Dobbin's grocer father, albeit self made, and ironically a mere corporal in the City Light Horse regiment of which Dobbin senior, by this time an alderman and a knight, is colonel), and his two sisters are close to the
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Miss Briggs, and her school friend Amelia; the latter is the recipient of more-or-less the only kindnesses Becky expresses in the work, persuading her to marry Dobbin in light of what Becky comes to appreciate to be his good qualities and protecting Amelia from two ruffians vying for her attentions.
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Amelia, called Emmy, is good-natured but passive and naïve. Pretty rather than beautiful, she has a snub nose and round, rosy cheeks. She is well-liked by men, and women when few men are around, as was the case when she was at school. She begins the work as its heroine ("selected for the very reason
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He returns home to find Becky singing to Steyne and strikes him down on the assumption—despite her protestations of innocence—that they are having an affair. Steyne is indignant, having assumed the £1000 he had just given Becky was part of an arrangement with her husband. Rawdon finds Becky's hidden
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has escaped from Elba, and as a result the stockmarket becomes jittery, causing Amelia's stockbroker father, John Sedley, to become bankrupt. George's rich father forbids George to marry Amelia, who is now poor. Dobbin persuades George to marry Amelia, and George is consequently disinherited. George
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first published in 1678. In that work, "Vanity Fair" refers to a stop along the pilgrim's route: a never-ending fair held in a town called Vanity, which represents man's sinful attachment to worldly things. Thackeray does not mention Bunyan in the novel or in his surviving letters about it, where he
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The early reviewers took the debt to Bunyan as self-evident and compared Becky with Pilgrim and Thackeray with Faithful. Although they were superlative in their praise, some expressed disappointment at the unremittingly dark portrayal of human nature, fearing Thackeray had taken his dismal metaphor
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As was standard practice, the last part was a "double number" containing parts 19 and 20. Surviving texts, his notes, and letters show that adjustments were made – e.g., the Battle of Waterloo was delayed twice – but that the broad outline of the story and its principal themes were well established
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Somewhat pedantic and conservative, Pitt does nothing to help Rawdon or Becky even when they fall on hard times. This is chiefly due to the influence of his wife, Lady Jane, who dislikes Becky because of her callous treatment of her son, and also because Becky repaid Lady Jane's earlier kindness by
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The well-meaning Rawdon does have a few talents in life, most of them having to do with gambling and duelling. He is very good at cards and billiards, and although he does not always win he is able to earn cash by betting against less talented gamblers. He is heavily indebted throughout most of the
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Becky Sharp says farewell to the Sedley family and enters the service of the crude and profligate baronet Sir Pitt Crawley, who has engaged her as a governess to his daughters. Her behaviour at Sir Pitt's house gains his favour, and after the premature death of his second wife, he proposes marriage
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From its appearance in Bunyan, "Vanity Fair" or a "vanity-fair" was also in general use for "the world" in a range of connotations from the blandly descriptive to the wearily dismissive to the condemning. By the 18th century, it was generally taken as a playground and, in the first half of the 19th
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which mask them. None of the characters is wholly evil, although Becky's manipulative, amoral tendencies make her come pretty close. However, even Becky, who is amoral and cunning, is thrown on her own resources by poverty and its stigma. (She is the orphaned daughter of a poor artist and an opera
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Later, Major and Lieutenant Colonel Dobbin discreetly does what he can to help support Amelia and her son George. He allows Amelia to continue with her obsession over George and does not correct her erroneous beliefs about him. He hangs about for years, either pining away over her while serving in
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However, Becky has decided that Amelia should marry Dobbin, even though Becky knows Dobbin is her enemy. Becky shows Amelia George's note, kept all this time from the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, and Amelia finally realises that George was not the perfect man she always thought, and that she has
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At the summit of their social success, Rawdon is arrested for debt, possibly at Becky's connivance. The financial success of the Crawleys had been a topic of gossip; in fact they were living on credit even when it ruined those who trusted them, such as their landlord, an old servant of the Crawley
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The noise of battle horrifies Amelia, and she is comforted by the brisk but kind Mrs. O'Dowd. Becky is indifferent and makes plans for whatever the outcome (for example, if Napoleon wins, she would aim to become the mistress of one of his Marshals). She also makes a profit selling her carriage and
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In London in 1814, Rebecca Sharp ("Becky"), daughter of an art teacher and a French dancer, is a strong-willed, cunning, moneyless young woman determined to make her way in society. After leaving school, Becky stays with her friend Amelia Sedley ("Emmy"), who is a good-natured, simple-minded young
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and other authors of Victorian crime fiction. Although what Thackeray principally objected to was glorification of a criminal's deeds, his intent may have been to entrap the Victorian reader with their own prejudices and make them think the worst of Becky Sharp even when they have no proof of her
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Although Rawdon knows Becky is attractive to men, he believes her reputation is spotless even though she is widely suspected of romantic intrigue with General Tufto and other powerful men. Nobody dares to suggest otherwise to Rawdon because of his temper and his reputation for duelling. Yet other
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The best friend of George Osborne, Captain William Dobbin is tall, ungainly, and not particularly handsome. He is a few years older than George but has been friends with him since his schooldays, even though Dobbin's father is a fig-merchant (Dobbin & Rudge, grocers and oilmen, Thames Street,
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Marrying Rawdon Crawley in secret was a mistake, as was running off instead of begging Miss Crawley's forgiveness. She also fails to manipulate Miss Crawley through Rawdon so as to obtain an inheritance. Although Becky manipulates men very easily, she is less successful with women. She is utterly
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The unhappy ending was intended to inspire readers to look inward at their own shortcomings. Other critics took notice of or exception to the social subversion in the work; in his correspondence, Thackeray stated his criticism was not reserved to the upper class: "My object is to make every body
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was effusive regarding his illustrations as well: "You will not easily find a second Thackeray. How he can render, with a few black lines and dots, shades of expression, so fine, so real; traits of character so minute, so subtle, so difficult to seize and fix, I cannot tell—I can only wonder and
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Rawdon Crawley's elder brother inherits the Crawley estate from his father, the boorish and vulgar Sir Pitt, and also inherits the estate of his wealthy aunt, Miss Crawley, after she disinherits Rawdon. Pitt is very religious and has political aspirations, although not many people appreciate his
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Never having known financial or social security even as a child, Becky desires it above all things. Nearly everything she does is with the intention of securing a stable position for herself, or herself and her husband after she and Rawdon are married. She advances Rawdon's interests tirelessly,
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Becky also gives birth to a son, named Rawdon after his father. Becky is a cold, distant mother, although Rawdon loves his son. Becky continues her ascent first in post-war Paris and then in London where she is patronised by the rich and powerful Marquis of Steyne. She is eventually presented at
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As Amelia's adored son George grows up, his grandfather Mr Osborne relents towards him (though not towards Amelia) and takes him from his impoverished mother, who knows the rich old man will give him a better start in life than she could manage. After twelve years abroad, both Joseph Sedley and
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remarked, "Thackeray liked people, and for the most part he thought them well-intentioned. But he also saw very clearly that they were all in some degree weak and vain, self-absorbed and self-deceived." Amelia begins as a warm-hearted and friendly girl, though sentimental and naive, but by the
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George is embarrassed by the vulgarity of Mrs. Major O'Dowd, the wife of the head of the regiment. The newly wedded Osborne is already growing tired of Amelia, and he becomes increasingly attracted to Becky, which makes Amelia jealous and unhappy. He is also losing money to Rawdon at cards and
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The novel is considered a classic of English literature, though some critics claim that it has structural problems; Thackeray sometimes lost track of the huge scope of his work, mixing up characters' names and minor plot details. The number of allusions and references it contains can make it
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Raised to be a selfish, vain, profligate spender, handsome and self-obsessed, George squanders the last of the money he receives from his father and sets nothing aside to help support Amelia. After marrying Amelia, he finds after a couple of weeks that he is bored. He flirts with Becky quite
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people, particularly the Marquis of Steyne, find it impossible to believe that Crawley is unaware of Becky's tricks. Steyne in particular believes Rawdon is fully aware Becky is prostituting herself, and believes Rawdon is going along with the charade in the hope of financial gain.
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that she was the best-natured of all") and marries the dashing George Osborne against his father's wishes, but the narrator is soon forced to admit "she wasn't a heroine" after all as she remains soppily devoted to him despite his neglect of her and his flirtation with Becky.
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From his first draft and following publication, Thackeray occasionally revised his allusions to make them more accessible for his readers. In Chapter 5, an original "Prince Whadyecallem" became "Prince Ahmed" by the 1853 edition. In Chapter 13, a passage about the filicidal
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The narrator claims in Chapter 62 to have first seen Dobbin, Amelia, and Jos at Pumpernickel on their European tour (so very late in the narrative) and that he is "the present writer of a history of which every word is true", but admits that most of his story has been
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particularly stories of unwise marriage, she does not want scandal or unwise marriage in her family. A substantial part of the early section of the book deals with the efforts the Crawleys make to kowtow to Miss Crawley in the hope of receiving a big inheritance.
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family. The Marquis of Steyne had given Becky money, jewels, and other gifts but Becky does not use them for expenses or to free her husband. Instead, Rawdon's letter to his brother is received by Lady Jane, who pays the £170 that prompted his imprisonment.
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A common critical topic is to address various objects in the book and the characters' relationships with them, such as Rebecca's diamonds or the piano Amelia values when she thinks it came from George and dismisses upon learning that Dobbin provided it.
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girl, of a wealthy London family. There, Becky meets the dashing and self-obsessed Captain George Osborne (Amelia's betrothed) and Amelia's brother Joseph ("Jos") Sedley, a clumsy and vainglorious but rich civil servant home from the
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engaged, engaged in the pursuit of Vanity Fair and I must carry my story through in this dreary minor key, with only occasional hints here and there of better things—of better things which it does not become me to preach".
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are tableaux that insinuate visually what the narrator is unwilling to articulate: that Becky... has actually been substantially rewarded – by society – for her crimes." One of the Thackeray's plates for the 11th issue of
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The trio of lawyers Becky gets to defend herself from the claims—Burke, Thurtell, and Hayes—are named after prominent murderers of the time, although this may have been a tease or commentary on the legal profession
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and the girls will have eight or ten thousand a-piece that I want for them: we must n't say a word against filthy lucre for I see the use and comfort of it every day more and more. What a blessing not to mind about
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cowardice at the Battle of Waterloo by trying to flee and purchasing both of Becky's overpriced horses. Becky ensnares him again near the end of the book and, it is hinted, murders him for his life insurance.
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and both they and the early bound versions featured Thackeray's own illustrations. These sometimes provided symbolically-freighted images, such as one of the female characters being portrayed as a man-eating
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After Rawdon finds out the truth and leaves Becky for an assignment overseas, he leaves his son to be brought up by his brother Sir Pitt and his wife Lady Jane. While overseas, Rawdon dies of yellow fever.
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billiards. At a ball in Brussels, George gives Becky a note inviting her to run away with him (although this fact is not revealed until the end of the book). But then the army have marching orders to the
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flirting with men such as General Tufto and the Marquis of Steyne to get him promoted. She also uses her feminine wiles to distract men at card parties while Rawdon cheats them blind.
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of early 19th-century British society and the many illustrations drawn by Thackeray to accompany the text. It was published as a single volume in 1848 with the subtitle
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could improve the nature of society. It thus paints a fairly bleak view of the human condition. This bleak portrait is continued with Thackeray's own role as an
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by Bradbury & Evans in London. The first three had already been completed before publication, while the others were written after it had begun to sell.
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describes himself dealing with "living without God in the world", but he did expect the reference to be understood by his audience, as shown in an 1851
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book, not so much for his own expenses as for Becky's. Not particularly talented as a military officer, he is content to let Becky manage his career.
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while the book was being written, Thackeray confided that "You know you are only a piece of Amelia, my mother is another half, my poor little wife
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and capitalism. However, while Thackeray is pointed in his criticism of the commodification of women in the marriage market, his variations on
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hostile to Lady Bareacres, dismissive of Mrs. O'Dowd, and Lady Jane, although initially friendly, eventually distrusts and dislikes her.
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taking place at a fair; the cover illustration of the serial installments was not of the characters but of a troupe of comic actors at
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century, more specifically the playground of the idle and undeserving rich. All of these senses appear in Thackeray's work. The name "
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too far. In response to these critics, Thackeray explained that he saw people for the most part as "abominably foolish and selfish".
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Thackeray spent time in Paris with his maternal grandmother Harriet Becher, and Miss Crawley's character is said to be based on her.
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Osborne, William Dobbin and Rawdon Crawley are deployed to Brussels, accompanied by Amelia and Becky, and Amelia's brother, Jos.
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first published in 1868, which became known for its caricatures of famous people of Victorian and Edwardian society. In 2003,
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Critics hailed the work as a literary treasure before the last part of the serial was published. In her correspondence,
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dancer.) Thackeray's tendency to highlight faults in all of his characters displays his desire for a greater level of
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A Study in the Mythical & Historical Allusions and Intertexts Employed by William Makepeace Thackeray in
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before being sold in book form. It was printed in 20 monthly parts between January 1847 and July 1848 for
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She thereafter appears to be completely amoral and without conscience and has been called the work's "
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that states a Knowledge editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.
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in his fiction compared to the rather unlikely or idealised people in many contemporary novels.
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The parts resembled pamphlets and contained the text of several chapters between outer pages of
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Thackeray in the United States: 1852–3, 1855–6: Including a Record of a Variety of Thackerayana
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Becky and Emmy as girls, from one of Thackeray's illustrations at the beginning of the book.
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has argued against Becky having murdered Jos on the basis of Thackeray's criticism of the "
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as early as 1841 but probably began writing it in late 1844. Like many novels of the time,
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Beginning with her determination to be her "own Mamma", Becky begins to assume the role of
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In the letter where he recorded these sums, Thackeray noted "Three more years please the
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broadcast a three-part adaptation of the novel by Jim Poyser with additional material by
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seriously and is reconciled to Amelia only a short time before he is killed in battle.
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and Mariette Myatt, staged by the Moscow State Academic Maly Theater of the USSR)
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After the death of Mr Osborne, Amelia, Jos, George and Dobbin go to Pumpernickel (
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clarifies that she did indeed murder him for the insurance money, likely through
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admire... If Truth were again a goddess, Thackeray should be her high priest."
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and similar schools of criticism that go farther and see Thackeray condemning
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as Mr. Osborne, Ian Masters as Mr. Sedley, Alice Hart as Maria Osborne, and
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Despite the clear implications of Thackeray's illustration on the topic,
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Faulks on Fiction: Great British Heroes and the Secret Life of the Novel
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and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the
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Is Heathcliff A Murderer?: Great Puzzles in Nineteenth-century Fiction
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The work is often compared to the other great historical novel of the
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intelligence or wisdom because there's not much there to appreciate.
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Shillingsburg, Peter L. "Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811–1863)".
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and as a variety of classical figures in the works' illustrations.
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horses at inflated prices to Jos, who is seeking to flee Brussels.
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Plan of the Road from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City
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expressed his belief that "our profession... is as serious as the
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remained important. In Chapter 56, Thackeray originally confused
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and rescues Iphigenia. In lesser contexts, Becky also appears as
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The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray,
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hallmark. Thackeray was also responsible for its illustrations.
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in 1973. This version was also broadcast in 1972 in the US on
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Two girls close up their box of dolls at the end of the story.
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was suppressed from publication by threat of prosecution for
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Taylor, D.J. (2004). "Jane Octavia Brookfield (1821–1896)".
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personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay
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inherited their father's estate, leaving Rawdon destitute.
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Famous Last Words: Changes in Gender and Narrative Closure
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as Miss Crawley; this was subsequently re-broadcast on
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Amelia's older brother, Joseph "Jos" Sedley, is a "
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(1898), 1024:Becky's second appearance in the character of 846:Becky's second appearance in the character of 400:article likely written by Thackeray himself. 16:1847–1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray 4361: 4055: 3964:Lively Becky Sharp Performs as the Queens of 3161: 3159: 3157: 1186:, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1893 293:20) from 1847 to 1848, carrying the subtitle 4559:British novels adapted into television shows 3639:"Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray" 3605:. Old Time Radio Downloads. 6 December 1947. 3067:(online ed.). 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(1970), 3868:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 3092: 3090: 3060: 2799: 2797: 2795: 2713: 2643: 2641: 2573: 2533: 2410:Matthews, Roy T.; Mellini, Peter (1982). 1577:Learn how and when to remove this message 1388: 1368: 1358: 1349:Butler, James; et al., eds. 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Courtney Rowden 804: 4539:Novels first published in serial form 4534:Novels by William Makepeace Thackeray 4529:Novels set during the Napoleonic Wars 4349: 4043: 3890:, Cambridge: Harvard University Press 3861: 3520:Is the Greatest Novel about Waterloo" 3481: 3462: 3426: 3165: 3008: 2913: 2629: 2599: 2557: 2542: 2523: 2331:and McAloon's defence of the work in 1207:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero, 1181:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero, 1127:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero, 1104:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero, 510:and charms him further at a game of " 328:, and the narrator, despite being an 309:, reflecting Thackeray's interest in 33:Title page to the first issue of the 3960: 3278: 3246: 3139: 3099:"W.M. Thackeray's Illustrations for 3048: 3036: 3024: 2974: 2962: 2950: 2687: 1530: 1240:Neilson, William Allan, ed. (1909), 1143:, New York: Harper & Bros., 1869 1132:, New York: Harper & Bros., 1865 1120:, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853 1097:, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 1055: 990:was removed, although references to 877:from the beginning of publication. 340:. It also inspired the title of the 3882: 3806:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 3411: 3181:Tillotson & al., cited in York. 3151:Tillotson & al., cited in York. 1371:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1345:, reprinted 2003, 2004, & 2008. 1331:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1279:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1276:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1255:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1232:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1198:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1174:, George Routledge & Sons, 1891 1172:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1159:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1150:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1140:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1117:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1095:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 1002:had given him up when called to by 835:Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero 352:poll of the UK's best-loved books. 348:was listed at No. 122 on the BBC's 13: 4564:Works about the Battle of Waterloo 3514:McAloon, Jonathan (20 June 2015), 2583:Dictionary of National Biography, 1934:(1915), directed by Charles Brabin 1456:, after various portraits both on 1309:Shillingsburg, Peter, ed. (1994), 1225:, New York: P.F. Collier & Son 1036:"The final three illustrations of 502:regiment to India for many years. 14: 4605: 4524:British novels adapted into films 3980: 2588:, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. 2377:, London: BBC Books, p. 14, 1343:, Oxford: Oxford University Press 1313:, New York: W.W. Norton & Co. 1200:, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. 741: 728: 707: 273:is a novel by the English author 4192: 4012: 1535: 1493:The style is highly indebted to 1059: 921:No. 14 (February 1848) Ch. 47–50 915:No. 12 (December 1847) Ch. 39–42 912:No. 11 (November 1847) Ch. 36–38 906:No. 9 (September 1847) Ch. 30–32 787: 615:In a letter to his close friend 493:George Osborne is killed at the 313:his era's conventions regarding 4569:Cultural depictions of Napoleon 4334:Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie 3808:, New York: Twayne Publishers, 3758: 3740: 3714: 3700: 3683: 3667: 3653: 3631: 3609: 3594: 3576: 3556: 3532: 3507: 3475: 3456: 3436: 3390: 3338: 3308: 3252: 3217: 3175: 3145: 3054: 3002: 2980: 2893: 2873: 2853: 2833: 2813: 2772: 2752: 2732: 2693: 2661: 2605: 2567: 2340: 2321: 2308: 2294: 2281: 2272: 2262: 2164:as Captain Rawdon Crawley, and 1914: 1359:Walker, Elizabeth, ed. (2007), 1013:The serials had been subtitled 972:2000, a third of his take from 968:had only given Thackeray about 936:No. 19/20 (July 1848) Ch. 64–67 918:No. 13 (January 1848) Ch. 43–46 909:No. 10 (October 1847) Ch. 33–35 762: 514:" where she plays the roles of 421: 3916:, reprinted 2009 by Routledge. 2495: 2473: 2456: 2430: 2403: 2253: 1957: 1884:in 20 fifteen-minute episodes. 1710: 1319:Francis, Pauline, ed. (2000), 1273:Sutherland, John, ed. (1983), 289:(the last containing Parts 19 1: 2233: 2016: 1263:Page, Josephine, ed. (1964), 956:the novels bore the subtitle 927:No. 16 (April 1848) Ch. 54–56 924:No. 15 (March 1848) Ch. 51–53 903:No. 8 (August 1847) Ch. 26–29 885:No. 2 (February 1847) Ch. 5–7 821:serial, advertising it under 560: 430:by its preface and coda as a 277:, which follows the lives of 3961:York, Kenneth Galen (1997), 3944:UK public library membership 3883:Ray, Gordon N., ed. (1946), 3214:, "Carlyle & Carlylism". 3081:UK public library membership 2354: 2062:, for which she received an 1218:Doyle, Richard, ed. (1902), 1205:Gwynn, Stephen, ed. (1899), 933:No. 18 (June 1848) Ch. 61–63 891:No. 4 (April 1847) Ch. 12–14 882:No. 1 (January 1847) Ch. 1–4 376:The book's title comes from 182:xvi,624 (1848 first edition) 7: 4377:William Makepeace Thackeray 4150:The History of Henry Esmond 4071:William Makepeace Thackeray 4022:public domain audiobook at 3661:"BBC Radio 4 - Vanity Fair" 1526: 1323:, Harlow: Pearson Education 930:No. 17 (May 1848) Ch. 57–60 900:No. 7 (July 1847) Ch. 23–25 897:No. 6 (June 1847) Ch. 19–22 888:No. 3 (March 1847) Ch. 8–11 823:William Makepeace Thackeray 275:William Makepeace Thackeray 74:William Makepeace Thackeray 55:William Makepeace Thackeray 10: 4610: 3590:. Oxford University Press. 3489:Thackeray: Prodigal Genius 3125:Tillotson & al. (1963) 3097:Macguire, Matthew (2000), 2481:"The Title of Vanity Fair" 2217: 2172: 2012:, as Lady Jane Sheepshanks 1734:whose Becky Sharp was the 1339:Mowat, Diane, ed. (2002), 1294:Zhang, Xinci, ed. (1992), 1109:, Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1848 894:No. 5 (May 1847) Ch. 15–18 634: 342:British lifestyle magazine 299:, which reflects both its 155:January 1847 to July 1848 4490: 4454: 4405: 4389: 4326: 4201: 4190: 4077: 3804:Harden, Edgar F. (1995), 3468:Early Victorian Novelists 2327:Examples include Carey's 2278:French: "...is the rest." 2226:(2023), novel written by 1489:Contemporaneous reception 1329:Carey, John, ed. (2001), 1300:, Tainan: Daxia Chubanshe 608:After George dies in the 250: 237: 224: 212: 200: 186: 178: 170: 162: 149: 127: 104: 86: 78: 70: 60: 50: 26: 4554:British satirical novels 4182:The Adventures of Philip 4102:The Luck of Barry Lyndon 2238: 2201:(2017), play written by 2192:(1946), play written by 2181:(1899), play written by 1779: 355: 157:(serialised in 20 parts) 4584:Novels set in the 1830s 4579:Novels set in the 1820s 4574:Novels set in the 1810s 3974:, University of Montana 3470:, Constable, p. 69 3402:review of 10 July 1848. 3381:Wilson & al. (1970) 3365:Wilson & al. (1970) 3196:Wilson & al. (1970) 2923:Wilson & al. (1970) 2579:Robert Bell (1800–1867) 1816:(6 December 1947), the 1410:Reception and criticism 1389:Hui, Tang, ed. (2014), 1122:, without illustration. 998:– the boy whose mother 617:Jane Octavia Brookfield 4589:Novels set in Brighton 4204:television adaptations 4094:A Shabby Genteel Story 3936:10.1093/ref:odnb/56277 3862:Milne, Kirsty (2015), 3691:Yarmarka tshcheslaviya 3073:10.1093/ref:odnb/27155 2465:The Pilgrim's Progress 2248: 2080:Yarmarka tshcheslaviya 2070:television as part of 2050:miniseries adapted by 1906:as George Osborne and 1788:(7 January 1940), the 1773: 1759: 1742: 1595:A Novel without a Hero 1557:by rewriting it in an 1485: 1467: 1445: 1429: 1209:Vols. I, II, & III 1129:Vols. I, II, & III 1106:Vols. I, II, & III 960:. 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Films 101. 1911. 3317:Pall Mall Magazine 2999:, 18 November 2014 2991:Emma Jane Unsworth 2575:Espinasse, Francis 2438:"BBC The Big Read" 2249: 2117:as Jos Sedley and 2113:as Amelia Sedley, 2031:serial adapted by 1874:Geoffrey Whitehead 1795:Campbell Playhouse 1774: 1760: 1743: 1559:encyclopedic style 1546:is written like a 1486: 1468: 1446: 1430: 1428:'s men into swine. 1353:, Genoa: Black Cat 1302:, reprinted 1995. 1071:; you can help by 853: 839: 827: 718: 689:Iphigenia at Aulis 610:Battle of Waterloo 595: 584: 573: 539: 495:Battle of Waterloo 484:Battle of Waterloo 473:News arrives that 471: 452:East India Company 383:Pilgrim's Progress 374: 141:Bradbury and Evans 61:Working title 21: 4506: 4505: 4343: 4342: 4126:The Book of Snobs 4029:The Victorian Web 4007:Project Gutenberg 3942:(Subscription or 3815:978-0-8057-4460-6 3544:, 1848, pp.  3291:Dibattista (1980) 3212:Sutherland (1988) 3108:The Victorian Web 3079:(Subscription or 3051:, pp. 24 ff. 3039:, pp. 30 ff. 3027:, pp. 22 ff. 2953:, pp. 16 ff. 2804:Sutherland (1988) 2653:, 1848, pp.  2398:Sutherland (1988) 2369:Faulks, Sebastian 2212:Bernard J. 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Index


Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
satire
social criticism
deconstruction
England
Low Countries
Madras
Rhineland
Punch
Bradbury and Evans
OCLC
18798256
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
Mrs. Perkins's Ball
The Book of Snobs
Vanity Fair
Wikisource
William Makepeace Thackeray
Becky Sharp
Napoleonic Wars
serial
satirisation
deconstructing
literary heroism
framed
puppet play
authorial voice

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