Vanity fair : a novel without a hero /: a novel without a hero. (©2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William Makepeace Thackeray ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Carey.
• Other Names: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863; Carey, John, 1934-
• Contents: 1. Chiswick Mall -- 2. In which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley prepare to open the campaign -- 3. Rebecca is in presence of the enemy -- 4. The green silk purse -- 5. Dobbin of ours -- 6. Vauxhall -- 7. Crawley of Queen's Crawley -- 8. Private and confidential -- 9. Family portraits -- 10. Miss Sharp begins to make friends -- 11. Arcadian simplicity -- 12. Quite a sentimental chapter -- 13. Sentimental and otherwise -- 14. Miss Crawley at home -- 15. In which Rebecca's husband appears for a short time -- 16. The letter on the pincushion -- 17. How Captain Dobbin bought a piano -- 18. Who played on the piano Captain Dobbin bought? -- 19. Miss Crawley at nurse -- 20. In which Captain Dobbin acts as the messenger of hymen -- 21. A quarrel about an heiress -- 22. A marriage and part of a honeymoon -- 23. Captain Dobbin proceeds on his canvass -- 24. In which Mr Osborne takes down the family Bible -- 25. In which all the principal personages think fit to leave Brighton -- 26. Between London and Chatham -- 27. In which Amelia joins her regiment -- 28. In which Amelia invades the low countries -- 29. Brussels -- 30. 'The girl I left behind me' -- 31. In which Jos Sedley takes care of his sister -- 32. In which Jos takes flight, and the war is brought to a close -- 33. In which Miss Crawley's relations are very anxious about her -- 34. James Crawley's pipe is put out -- 35. Widow and mother -- 36. How to live well on nothing a year -- 37. The subject continued -- 38. A family in a very small way -- 39. A cynical chapter -- 40. In which Becky is recognized by the family -- 41. In which Becky revisits the halls of her ancestors -- 42. Which treats of the Osborne family -- 43. In which the reader has to double the cape -- 44. A roundabout chapter between London and Hampshire -- 45. Between Hampshire and London -- 46. Struggles and trials -- 47. Gaunt House -- 48. In which the reader is introduced to the very best of company -- 49. In which we enjoy three courses and a dessert -- 50. Contains a vulgar incident -- 51. In which a charade is acted which may or may not puzzle the reader -- 52. In which Lord Steyne shows himself in a most amiable light -- 53. A rescue and a catastrophe -- 54. Sunday after the battle -- 55. In which the same subject is pursued -- 56. Georgy is made a gentleman -- 57. Eothen -- 58. Our friend the major -- 59. The old piano -- 60. Returns to the genteel world -- 61. In which two lights are put out -- 62. Am Rhein -- 63. In which we meet an old acquaintance -- 64. A vagabond chapter -- 65. Full of business and pleasure -- 66. Amantium Irae -- 67. Which contains births, marriages, and deaths.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Copyright Date: 2001
• Extent: Xl, 866 pages
• Subjects: 823/.8; FICTION / Satire; British; Female friendship; Manners and customs; Married women; Social classes; Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Fiction; British -- Europe -- Fiction; Female friendship -- Fiction; Social classes -- Fiction; Married women -- Fiction; England -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Belgium -- Waterloo; England; Europe; Satire; Electronic books; Fiction; Satire; Humorous fiction
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141905723; 0141905727
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxvi-xxxvii).
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