VANTTY FAIR LWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A NOVE WITHOUT A HERO

A deliciously satirical attack on a money-mad society, Vanity Fair , which first appeared in 1847, is an immensely moral novel, and an immensely witty one. Called in its subtitle “A Novel Without a Hero,” Vanity Fair has instead two heroines: the faithful, loyal Amelia Sedley and the beautiful and scheming social climber Becky Sharp. It also engages a huge cast of wonderful supporting characters as the novel spins from Miss Pinkerton’s academy for young ladies to affairs of love and war on