{"product_id":"vanity-fair-9781853260193","title":"Vanity Fair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by Owen Knowles, University of Hull.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThackeray's upper-class Regency world is a noisy and jostling commercial fairground, predominantly driven by acquisitive greed and soulless materialism, in which the narrator himself plays a brilliantly versatile role as a serio-comic observer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough subtitled A Novel without a Hero, \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e follows the fortunes of two contrasting but inter-linked lives: through the retiring Amelia Sedley and the brilliant Becky Sharp, Thackeray examines the position of women in an intensely exploitative male world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1848, Charlotte Bront  commented: 'The more I read Thackeray'sworks the more certain I am that he stands alone - alone in his sagacity, alone in his truth, alone in his feeling... Thackeray is a Titan.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781853260193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.01h x 4.33w x 2.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e722 \/ Vanity Fair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.4 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 66\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Makepeace Thackeray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36669806641308,"sku":"9781853260193","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cc02c7a1-1cc5-4f50-962f-bbb43f59ad91.jpg?v=1603921099","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vanity-fair-9781853260193","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}