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Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

FormatEbook
Published1996
Words3,02,383
LanguageEnglish
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Vanity Fair is a satirical novel following the fortunes of two contrasting women through English society around the Napoleonic era, exposing ambition, vanity, and social climbing. It suits readers interested in nineteenth-century literature and social satire.
William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick.

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