Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero

Theme: Love “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.”   In this Reader you will find: Focus on sections: W. M. Thackeray, The Book’s Title, The Serial Novel, Waterloo | Glossary of difficult words | Comprehension and extension activities   Tags Love | Jealousy | Family   Vanity Fair was written 200 years ago, but it is a thoroughly modern story that provides us with universal truths about what it means to be human, in all its splendour – and with all its imperfections. It is a story full of memorable characters who accompany you on a fascinating journey through the first part of the nineteenth century.