Vanity fair / William Makepeace Thackeray ; retold by Diane Mowat ; illustrations by William Thackeray from the engravings in the 1847 edition.
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TextSeries: Oxford Bookworms LibraryStage 6Classics: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 136 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780194792691 (pbk.); 0194792692 (pbk.)Subject(s): Readers | Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Juvenile fiction | British -- Europe -- Juvenile fiction | Female friendship -- Juvenile fiction | Social classes -- Juvenile fiction | Married women -- Juvenile fiction | Governesses -- Juvenile fiction | London (England) -- Juvenile fictionDDC classification: 823/.8 LOC classification: PE1126.M693 | V365 2008Online resources: Publisher description Summary: When Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave school, their feet are set on very different paths. Kind, foolish Amelia returns to her comfortable home and wealthy family, to await a suitable marriage, while Becky must look out for herself, earning her own living in a hard world. But Becky is neither kind nor foolish, and with her quick brain and keen eye for a chance, her fortunes soon rise, while Amelia's fall. Greed, ambition, loyalty, folly, wisdom . . . Thackeray's famous novel gives us a witty and satirical picture of English society during the Napoleonic wars.
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When Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave school, their feet are set on very different paths. Kind, foolish Amelia returns to her comfortable home and wealthy family, to await a suitable marriage, while Becky must look out for herself, earning her own living in a hard world. But Becky is neither kind nor foolish, and with her quick brain and keen eye for a chance, her fortunes soon rise, while Amelia's fall. Greed, ambition, loyalty, folly, wisdom . . . Thackeray's famous novel gives us a witty and satirical picture of English society during the Napoleonic wars.
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