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...
The sad thing about earning a BA in English Literature is that most of the books you have to read and think about won't actually be enjoyable. This is an exception. It's funny.
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