Vanity Fair - Thackeray, William Makepeace
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On a broad and colourful canvas, extending from urban and rural England to Waterloo and the continental haunts of exiles, Thackeray gives us one of the greatest social-satirical novels in the language-one of the most entertaining and profound, and, in the person of Becky Sharp, we have one of literature's most resourceful, attractive, and amoral characters. Essentially a commentary on hypocrisy and those ethical principles to which society pays lip-service, Vanity Fair (1847-8) invites us to consider which is to blame: the opportunist or the society that makes opportunism necessary. This…mehr

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On a broad and colourful canvas, extending from urban and rural England to Waterloo and the continental haunts of exiles, Thackeray gives us one of the greatest social-satirical novels in the language-one of the most entertaining and profound, and, in the person of Becky Sharp, we have one of literature's most resourceful, attractive, and amoral characters. Essentially a commentary on hypocrisy and those ethical principles to which society pays lip-service, Vanity Fair (1847-8) invites us to consider which is to blame: the opportunist or the society that makes opportunism necessary. This edition, which reproduces the text of the Oxford Thackeray enhanced by John Sutherland's lively introduction and notes, includes all of Thackeray's own illustrations. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Autorenporträt
William M. Thackeray, geb. 1811 in Kalkutta als Sohn eines Beamten der Ostindien-Kompanie und in englischen Internatsschulen erzogen, brach sein Studium der Mathematik in Cambridge ab und reiste nach Frankreich, Holland und Deutschland, wo er 1830 Goethe seine Aufwartung machte. 1833 ging er nach Paris und studierte Malerei, was ihn befähigte, viele seiner späteren literarischen Werke selbst zu illustrieren. Nach London zurückgekehrt, betätigte er sich als Anwalt, Journalist und Verleger. Seine literarische Laufbahn begann er mit Kritiken und parodistischen Beiträgen für führende englische Zeitungen und Magazine. Thackeray gilt nach Charles Dickens als der bedeutendste englische Romancier des viktorianischen Zeitalters.