Vanity Fair (The Franklin Library)

678 pp. Brown cloth binding with gilt decoration and gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. "Thackeray, is a famous novelist whose reputation rests chiefly on this novel, Vanity Fair. The work brought him fame and fortune. Vanity Fair is of the Napoleonic period in England, and it's packed with detail, richness, multi-layered panorama of manners and human frailties. It focuses on the interwoven fortunes of two women, the passive Amelia Sedley and the ambitious, essentially amoral Becky Sharp. The latter is perhaps the most memorable character in the novel. The title of the book metaphorically represents the human condition. A wonderful read, excellence in literature."