VANITY FAIR: A Novel Without A Hero
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Good+. Charles Crombie. A Very Good+ copy. 8vo., 754 pp., 16 colored plates. Bound in publishers navy cloth with titles in gilt. Interior is clean with no markings or foxing. Color plates are bright. Exterior boards show some wear, dents and fraying to edges and tips. Vanity Fair is an English novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars.
Synopsis
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is William Thackeray's celebrated satirical novel of 19th century British society. Vanity Fair follows the rags-to-riches tale of the captivating and ruthless Becky Sharpe as she navigates her way through London society with fearsome determination and ambition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24437
- Title
- VANITY FAIR: A Novel Without A Hero
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Illustrator
- Charles Crombie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Becky Sharpe,
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Rougemont, North Carolina
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- Gilt
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