Vanity Fair is a big surprise for me. I was expecting a story about the trial and tribulations of a couple of plucky lady friends what I discovered was a witty, satirical novel that made me laugh several times, engaged my attention always and even moving at times.On the surface Vanity Fair is a stor...
Excessively Long Book Syndrome: It takes ages to read and it's more than a 100 years old, therefore it must be great, right? Wrong! So wrong, in this case, that the editor's claim that it "has strong claims to be the greatest novel in the English language" is laughable. It's not even the greatest su...
1. I'm not sure how I feel about William Dobbin. (He gained my respect immensely when he finally understood it's time to Have a Talk with Amelia. I do realize he is supposed to be the epitome of love, fidelity and honesty, and that Amelia's circumstances were tough, but managing one's life to such e...
The first thing that impressed me about this book was the voice. The introduction to the edition I read stated that it is "a narrative style that speaks in a manner utterly unlike the usual Victorian novel." It's true. The snarky all-knowing voice doesn't sound one bit to me like Charles Dickens, th...
this book took me ages to finish, it almost feels like my greatest achievement yet. brilliant novel, the storyline was exceptional. i'm looking forward to reading more of Thackeray's works.
This was the ultimate soap opera - long, tedious, leading nowhere. If social satire means creating shallow characters, each of whom a single word can describe easily, and then making fun of them in a straightforward and oftentimes naïve manner, then this is not a genre I will be reading more of. I c...
AbbreviationsIntroductionChronology of Thackeray's Life and WorksSelect Reading ListA Note on the Text--Vanity FairNotesAppendix: ParodyTextual Variants
AbbreviationsIntroductionChronology of Thackeray's Life and WorksSelect Reading ListA Note on the Text--Vanity FairNotesAppendix: ParodyTextual Variants
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...
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