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Now a major motion picture, Vanity Fair is one of the greatest of English novels, a vast satirical panorama of a materialistic society and a landmark in the history of realistic fiction. … More...

Now a major motion picture, Vanity Fair is one of the greatest of English novels, a vast satirical panorama of a materialistic society and a landmark in the history of realistic fiction. Generally considered to be his masterpiece, Vanity Fair is Thackeray´s resplendent social satire that exposes the greed and corruption raging in England during the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars. Subtitled ´´A Novel Without a Hero´´, it traces the changing fortunes of two unforgettable women: the scheming opportunist Becky Sharp, one of literature´s most resourceful, engaging, and amoral heroines, and her foil, the faithful, naive Amelia Sedley. Amid the swirl of London´s posh ballrooms and affairs of love and war, their fortunes rise and fall. Thackeray´s subversive, comic attack on the hypocrisy and ´´dismal roguery´´ of an avaricious world resonates 150 years later with implications for our own times. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Frederick Davidson. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001454/bk_blak_001454_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax. A vast satirical panorama of a materialistic society and a landmark in the history of realistic fiction.... English - Classics, Blackstone Audio, Inc.<