William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair, with its rich cast of characters, takes place on the snakes-and-ladders board of life. Amelia Sedley, daughter of a wealthy merchant, has a loving mother to supervise her courtship....

Set during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, this classic gives a satirical picture of a worldly society. The novel revolves around the exploits of Becky Sharp....

The great author of Vanity Fair and The Luck Of Barry Lyndon was born in India in 1811. At age 5 his father died and his mother sent him back to England. His education was of the best but he himself seemed unable to apply his talents to a rigorous work ethic.

The great author of Vanity Fair and The Luck Of Barry Lyndon was born in India in 1811. At age 5 his father died and his mother sent him back to England. His education was of the best but he himself seemed unable to apply his talents to a rigorous work ethic.

Like Tom Jones before him, Barry Lyndon is one of the most lively and roguish characters in English literature....

"Mr. Sedley blinkede på en ualmindelig underfundig måde, og han så hen på Amelia, og Amelia hang med hovedet og rødmede, som kun unge damer på sytten...

"Nu fik Rebecca sin hævn over disse uforskammede damer. Det var rygtedes i hotellet, at kaptajn Crawley havde ladet sine heste blive hjemme, og da...

"Der er relative snobber, og der er positive snobber. Med positive snobber mener jeg sådanne personer, som er snobbede overalt, hvor de end færdes,...

"Idet Rebecca sagde dette, faldt hun på knæ på en højst tragisk måde, tog sir Pitts barkede sorte hånd mellem sine to hænder (der var hvide og smukke...

Napoleon has England on edge. For the cunning and conniving Becky Sharp, it’s an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos and improve her lowly station. Her friend Amelia Sedley, a blue-blood pawn, affords Becky entrée into the moneyed class....

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....

Set in the reign of Queen Anne, Thackeray's novel follows the troubled progress of Henry Esmond Esq, a gentleman and an officer in Marlborough's army....

La magistral pelicula de Kubrick volvio a dar vigencia a una de las novelas mas cínicas de la literatura inglesa....

Ranked second only to Charles Dickens in Victorian era popularity, William Makepeace Thackeray may be a novelist worth rediscoving....

This book comes with an introduction and notes by Owen Knowles, University of Hull....

Thackeray, à travers son personnage domestique, fustige avec ironie la société britannique de son temps, et en particulier l'aristocratie de naissance...

Glavnye geroini, miss Emilija Sedli i miss Rebekka (Bekki) Sharp, uchatsja vmeste v chastnom pansione miss Pinkerton....

Barry Lyndon, first serialized in 1844, is a swashbuckling romp through the aristocratic Europe of the 18th century....

Thackeray veröffentlichte diesen Gesellschaftsroman 1847/1848 in der Satirezeitschrift Punch. Der Autor durchleuchtet sarkastisch...

Set against the background of the Napoleonic wars, Vanity Fair follows the contrasting fortunes of two young women, Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp, who go out into the world together....