Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of Rebecca Sharp and Amelia Sedley, two young women who leave school and make their way through English society, marriage, and social climbing in the years of the Napoleonic era.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire›British and Irish humor, 1800s›Comic novels

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Adults›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire›British and Irish humor, 1800s