William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair (Annotated) William Makepeace Thackeray

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The vanity fair is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1847-48, satirizing the society of the United Kingdom in the early nineteenth century. The title of the book comes from the allegorical story of John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress, first published in 1678 and still widely read at the time of Thackeray's novel. The vanity fair refers to a stop in the pilgrim's progress: an endless fair in a city called Vanity, which was intended to represent the sinful attraction of man for worldly things. The novel is currently considered a classic, and has inspired several film adaptations, the most recent being the 2004 film starring Reese Witherspoon. The story begins with Miss Pinkerton Academy for Young Ladies, where Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley have just finished their studies and are preparing to go to Amelia's house in Russell Square. Becky is portrayed as a stubborn and cunning young woman determined to break into society, and Amelia Sedley as a kind, kind but naive young woman. In Russell Square, Miss Sharp meets the attractive and self-centered captain George Osborne (with whom Amelia is promised from a young age) and Amelia's brother, Joseph Sedley,