Vanity Fair No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure. |
Contents
In which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley prepare to open the Campaign | |
Rebecca is in Presence of the Enemy | |
James Crawleys Pipe is put | |
Widow and Mother | |
How to live well on Nothing a Year | |
The Subject continued | |
A Family in a very Small | |
A Cynical Chapter | |
In which Becky is recognized by the Family | |
In which Becky revisits the Halls of her Ancestors | |
The Green Silk Purse | |
Dobbin of Ours | |
Vauxhall | |
Crawley of Queens Crawley | |
Private and Confidential | |
Family Portraits | |
Miss Sharp begins to make Friends | |
Arcadian Simplicity | |
Quite a Sentimental Chapter | |
Sentimental and Otherwise | |
Miss Crawley at Home | |
In which Rebeccas Husband appears for a Short Time | |
The Letter on the Pincushion | |
How Captain Dobbin bought a Piano | |
Who played on the Piano Captain Dobbin bought? | |
Miss Crawley at Nurse | |
In which Captain Dobbin acts as the Messenger of Hymen | |
A Quarrel about an Heiress | |
A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon | |
Captain Dobbin proceeds on his Canvass | |
In which Mr Osborne takes down the Family Bible | |
In which all the Principal Personages think fit to leave Brighton | |
Between London and Chatham | |
In which Amelia joins Her Regiment | |
In which Amelia invades the Low Countries | |
Brussels | |
The Girl I left behind Me | |
In which Jos Sedley takes Care of his Sister | |
In which Jos takes Flight and the War is brought to a Close | |
In which Miss Crawleys Relations are very anxious about | |
Which treats of the Osborne Family | |
In which the Reader has to double the Cape | |
A Roundabout Chapter between London and Hampshire | |
Between Hampshire and London | |
Struggles and Trials | |
Gaunt House | |
In which the Reader is introduced to the very best of Company | |
In which we enjoy three Courses and a Dessert | |
Contains a Vulgar Incident | |
In which a Charade is acted which may or may not Puzzle the Reader | |
In which Lord Steyne shows himself in a most amiable Light | |
A Rescue and a Catastrophe | |
Sunday after the Battle | |
In which the same Subject is pursued | |
Georgy is made a Gentleman | |
Eothen | |
Our Friend the Major | |
The old Piano | |
Returns to the Genteel World | |
In which two Lights are put | |
Am Rhein | |
In which we meet an old Acquaintance | |
A Vagabond Chapter | |
Full of Business and Pleasure | |
Amantium Ir� | |
Which contains Births Marriages and Deaths | |
NOTES | |
CHRONOLOGY OF THACKERAYS LIFE AND WORKS | |
PARODY | |
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