{"product_id":"vanity-fair","title":"Vanity Fair","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;With an Introduction and Notes by Owen Knowles, University of Hull.\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Thackeray'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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Although subtitled A Novel without a Hero, \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Vanity Fair\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; 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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;When \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Vanity Fair\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; was published in 1848, Charlotte Bronte 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.'\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 720 pages | Published May 1992\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63966991450461,"sku":"9781853260193","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781853260193.jpg?v=1774351156","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/vanity-fair","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}