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Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a masterful depiction of early 19th-century British society, renowned for its irony and satirical prowess. The novel revolves around the lives of two contrasting heroines, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, navigating a world obses

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William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) was a multitalented writer and illustrator born in British India. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, where some of his earliest writings appeared in university periodicals. As a young adult he encountered various financial issues including the failure of two newspapers. It wasn’t until his marriage in 1836 that he found direction in both his life and career. Thackeray regularly contributed to Fraser's Magazine, where he debuted a serialized version of one of his most popular novels, The Luck of Barry Lyndon. He spent his decades-long career writing novels, satirical sketches and art criticism.

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