Autor William Makepeace Thackeray
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The official tie-in edition to William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel, soon to be a major new ITV series from the producers of Poldark, Victoria and And Then There Were None.
The Penguin English Library Edition of Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 'Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?' No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and…
The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story.
Román, který je satirickou kritikou anglické společnosti první poloviny 19. století, vycházel na pokračování v letech 1847-1848. Hlavní postavou je Becky, dcera francouzské tanečnice a neúspěšného malíře vynikající inteligencí a schopnostmi, jenž ji…
Fiktivní biografie zchudlého a bezvýznamného šlechtice Barry-Lyndona nás zavádí do Anglie a Irska druhé poloviny 18. století. Barry-Lyndon se protlouká od svého mládí jak se dá a vede dobrodružný život, při kterém si vyzkouší mnoho různých identit. Nechá…
Vanity Fair 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.
Brilliant anti-heroine Becky Sharp will do anything to climb to society's loftiest heights and couldn't be more different from her rich, sweet-natured schoolmate, Amelia Sedley. Their parallel lives are marked by love, lust, marriage, fortune and loss,…
“Our story begins just outside Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Young Ladies at Chiswick Mall in London. A large family carriage is waiting for two young ladies, Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp.” Vanity Fair was written 200 years ago, but it is a thoroughly…
When Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave school, their feet are set on very different paths. Kind, foolish Amelia returns to her comfortable home and wealthy family, to await a suitable marriage, while Becky must look out for herself, earning her own…