I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, moreso than I originally thought I would. Even though it is long and tedious at some points, there was always an absorbing, intriguing scene that followed and swept me along. Reading the interspersions of the narrator's (Thackeray's) pov on Victorian society is what ...
I rather liked this book. Although it was set 200 years ago, the venal and vapid nature of society has changed little. It's good to be reminded that we're not now going to hell in a handbasket. That's been a key aspect of the human condition for centuries.
Vanity Fair is sometimes called the best British novel ever written, but it's totally not. Middlemarch is way better. Honestly, VF's not even in the top ten. So why do people love it so much? Because of Becky Sharp. Which is funny, because she's not what it was supposed to be about.Becky Sharp is to...
It is difficult to elect a favorite book, I think this one makes the top of the list though (together with little women for obviously completely different reasons). I love it not only because of the excellent style, of the period which is inspiring to say the least, but foremost because of its actua...
Isn't it fitting that I should finish 'Vanity Fair' on the morning of the end of the world?Thackeray understood people. Which is why there is a whole lot to love about this book, and is also likely why there is such a whole lot to it. I don't mind sprawling Victorian serial epics, usually the richne...
The subtitle for Vanity Fair is 'A Novel Without a Hero'. Intrigued by this, as I read this book, I kept on searching for the 'hero' of this story. Although there are many characters, all of the morally 'good' characters are so self-sacrificing and spineless that they are hard to like. The dashin...
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