Vanity Fair. The anniversary edition
Autorius: William Makepeace Thackeray
ISBN kodas:
141442026
Išleidimo metai:
2006
Puslapių skaičius:
872
Kalba:
Anglų
Viršelis: Minkštas
The story of English society in the early nineteenth century.
The novel chronicles the fortunes and mishaps of two childhood friends, Amelia Sedley and Rebecca Sharpe: one a hopeless romantic, the other an incorrigible opportunist. Come along with them on their unforgettable journey (or puppet show, as Thackeray would have us view it) as they graduate from charm school, marry, endure the Battle of Waterloo, bear children and much more! Of course, no Victorian novel of this magnitude would be complete without a diverse cast of supporting characters: the dutiful Capt. Dobbin, the narcissistic civilian Jos Sedley, the petulant and slowly-dying Miss Crawley, the reproachable Lord Steyne, the vociferous Mrs. Peggy O’Dowd and many others.
For Thackeray, each character fits squarely into the ambient setting which he calls Vanity Fair, in homage to Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress,” a place meant to satirize pre-Victorian England (and its successors). Vanity has two distinct meanings here, which Thackeray so carefully weaves together. On the one hand, the people of Vanity Fair are vain in the sense of being egotistical. Their ego requires satisfaction whether by a position in society, or wealth, or the love of a woman; as they strive to attain one or more of these, they must conceal their object-in-view from everyone else. It is this other sense of “vanity” that Thackeray satirizes; i.e., futility. All these attempts at conniving, dissembling, and then arriving at one’s end never yield long-term happiness.
The novel chronicles the fortunes and mishaps of two childhood friends, Amelia Sedley and Rebecca Sharpe: one a hopeless romantic, the other an incorrigible opportunist. Come along with them on their unforgettable journey (or puppet show, as Thackeray would have us view it) as they graduate from charm school, marry, endure the Battle of Waterloo, bear children and much more! Of course, no Victorian novel of this magnitude would be complete without a diverse cast of supporting characters: the dutiful Capt. Dobbin, the narcissistic civilian Jos Sedley, the petulant and slowly-dying Miss Crawley, the reproachable Lord Steyne, the vociferous Mrs. Peggy O’Dowd and many others.
For Thackeray, each character fits squarely into the ambient setting which he calls Vanity Fair, in homage to Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress,” a place meant to satirize pre-Victorian England (and its successors). Vanity has two distinct meanings here, which Thackeray so carefully weaves together. On the one hand, the people of Vanity Fair are vain in the sense of being egotistical. Their ego requires satisfaction whether by a position in society, or wealth, or the love of a woman; as they strive to attain one or more of these, they must conceal their object-in-view from everyone else. It is this other sense of “vanity” that Thackeray satirizes; i.e., futility. All these attempts at conniving, dissembling, and then arriving at one’s end never yield long-term happiness.
The story of English society in the early nineteenth century.
The novel chronicles the fortunes and mishaps of two childhood friends, Amelia Sedley and Rebecca Sharpe: one a hopeless romantic,...
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