Vanity Fair

图书标准信息

• 作者 William Makepeace Thackeray（W.M.萨克雷） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1997-07
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553214628
• 定价 29.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 848页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

Adeliciouslysatiricalattackonamoney-madsociety,VanityFair,whichfirstappearedin1847,isanimmenselymoralnovel,andanimmenselywittyone.Calledinitssubtitle"ANovelWithoutaHero,"VanityFairhasinsteadtwoheroines:thefaithful,loyalAmeliaSedleyandthebeautifulandschemingsocialclimberBeckySharp.ItalsoengagesahugecastofwonderfulsupportingcharactersasthenovelspinsfromMissPinkerton'sacademyforyoungladiestoaffairsofloveandwarontheContinenttoliaisonsinthedazzlingballroomsofLondon.Thackeray'sforteisthebonmotanditisamplyexercisedinanovelfilledwithmemorablywickedlines.Lengthyandleisurelyinpace,thenovelfollowstheadventuresofBeckyandAmeliaastheirfortunesriseandfall,creatingataleofbothpicaresqueandrisqué.Thackerymercilesslyskewershissociety,especiallytheupperclass,pokingfunattheirshallowvaluesandpointedlyjabbingattheirhypocritical"morals."Hisweapons,however,arenotfireandbrimstonebutanunerringeyefortheabsurdandageniusforobservationofthefoiblesofhisage.Anenduringclassic,thisgreatnovelisabrilliantstudyinduplicityandhypocrisy…andamirrorwithwhichtoviewourowntimes.

【作者简介】

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was born and educated to be a gentleman but gambled away much of his fortune while at Cambridge. He trained as a lawyer before turning to journalism. He was a regular contributor to periodicals and magazines and Vanity Fair was serialised in Punch in 1847-8.

【目录】

Introduction

Reading List

Before the Curtain

CHAPTER Ⅰ Chiswick Mall

CHAPTER Ⅱ In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Openthe Campaign

CHAPTER Ⅲ RebeccaIsinPresence oftheEnemy

CHAPTER Ⅳ The Green Silk Purse

CHAPTER Ⅴ Dobbin of Ours

CHAPTER Ⅵ Vauxhall

CHAPTER Ⅶ Crawley of Queen's Crawley

CHAPTER Ⅷ Private and Confidential

CHAPTER Ⅸ FamilyPortraits

CHAPTER Ⅹ Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends

CHAPTER Ⅺ Arcadian Simplicity

CHAPTER Ⅻ Quite a Sentimental Chapter

CHAPTER ⅩⅢ Sentimental and Otherwise

CHAPTER ⅩⅣ Miss Crawley at Home

CHAPTER ⅩⅤ In Whicn Rebecca's Husband Appears for a Short Time

CHAPTER ⅩⅥ The Letteronthe Pincushion

CHAPTER ⅩⅦ How CaptainDobbin Bought a Piano

CHAPTER ⅩⅦ Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought

CHAPTER ⅩⅨ Miss Crawley atNurse

CHAPTER ⅩⅩ In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Messenger of Hyme

CHAPTER ⅩⅪ A QuarrelAbout an Heiress

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅡ A Marriage and Part ofa Honeymoon

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅢ CaptainDobbinProceeds onHisCanvass

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