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- catalog abstract "Vanity Fair is a story of two heroines---one humble, the other a scheming social climber---who meet in boarding school and embark on markedly different lives. Amid the swirl of London's posh ballrooms and affairs of love and war, their fortunes rise and fall. Through it all, Thackeray lampoons the shallow values of his society, reserving the most pointed barbs for the upper crust. What results is a prescient look at the dogged pursuit of wealth and status---and the need for humility.".
- catalog contributor b861111.
- catalog coverage "England Fiction.".
- catalog created "1958.".
- catalog date "1958".
- catalog date "1958.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1958.".
- catalog description "Vanity Fair is a story of two heroines---one humble, the other a scheming social climber---who meet in boarding school and embark on markedly different lives. Amid the swirl of London's posh ballrooms and affairs of love and war, their fortunes rise and fall. Through it all, Thackeray lampoons the shallow values of his society, reserving the most pointed barbs for the upper crust. What results is a prescient look at the dogged pursuit of wealth and status---and the need for humility.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 543 p.".
- catalog issued "1958".
- catalog issued "1958.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog spatial "England Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog subject "British Europe Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Female friendship Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Married women Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PZ3.T325 V124 PR5618".
- catalog subject "Sharp, Becky (Fictitious character) Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Social classes Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 Fiction.".
- catalog title "Vanity fair : a novel without a hero.".
- catalog type "Satire.".
- catalog type "text".