by William Makepeace Thackeray · The Franklin Library · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780195807325
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«Vanity Fair» is the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray in an adapted version for the Progressive English S. series, in paperback (96 pages, in English).
The novel contrasts Becky Sharp, an ambitious and ingenious orphan, with Amelia Sedley, a naive young woman accustomed to comfort. The different course of their lives serves to portray the appearances and morality of Victorian society.
This edition is from 1976, adapted by Josephine Page and illustrated by Rosemary Parsons; the original novel appeared in 1847.
Aimed at primary and secondary school students of English as graded reading.
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick.
