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Emmy Sedley (Amelia)

Amelia, called Emmy, is good-natured but passive and naïve. Not very beautiful, she is frequently ignored by men and women but is well-liked by most men who get to know her because of her personality. This popularity is then resented by other women. She begins the work as its heroine ("selected for the very reason that she was the best-natured of all") and marries the dashing George Osborne against his father's wishes, but the narrator is soon forced to admit "she wasn't a heroine" after all as she remains soppily devoted to him despite his neglect of her and his flirtation with Becky.

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From its appearance in Bunyan, "Vanity Fair" or a "vanity-fair" was also in general use for "the world" in a range of connotations from the blandly descriptive to the wearily dismissive to the condemning. By the 18th century, it was generally taken as a playground and, in the first half of the 19th century, more specifically the playground of the idle and undeserving rich. All of these senses appear in Thackeray's work. The name "Vanity Fair" has also been used for at least 5 periodicals.

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The book's title comes from John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, a Dissenter allegory first published in 1678. In that work, "Vanity Fair" refers to a stop along the pilgrim's route: a never-ending fair held in a town called Vanity, which represents man's sinful attachment to worldly things.

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Miss Sharp’s father was an artist, and in that quality had given lessons of drawing at Miss Pinkerton’s School. He was a clever man; a pleasant companion; a careless student; with a great propensity for running into debt, and a partiality for the tavern

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In 2003, Vanity Fair was listed at No. 122 on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's best-loved books.

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But instead of feeling remorse for what she's done, the reader finds Becky insisting upon her innocence. The author asks his readers to consider whether this is a sincere belief, or whether Becky is simply being herself and perpetuating the lies upon which she has built her life.

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The social background of the novel which influences all the characters in their thought and actions, is high society at large.

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Rawdon has just left Becky after discovering all of the money she has been hoarding over the past ten years. She realizes that all of her schemes have come to nothing, and that she has only a few trinkets to her name. This can probably be considered the climax of the book, because Rawdon finally sees her for who she is, and Becky is forced to come to terms with her crimes.

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On 23 December 1863, after returning from dining out and before dressing for bed, he suffered a stroke. He was found dead in his bed the following morning.

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The story is framed as a puppet play, and the narrator, despite being an authorial voice, is somewhat unreliable

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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

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His wife, Isabella, succumbed to depression after the birth of their third child, in 1840.

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The title of this novel was an allusion, quite familiar in these days, to the city of London which had been described as Vanity Fair in the famous 17th century religious allegory of John Bunyan: “The Pilgrim’s Progress” (1678). It is also associated with the book of the Bible whose memorable words are “ALL IS VANITY”. His main subject is the false heartless ways and the resourceful hypocrisy of society, the silent misery of simple souls.

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truth vs ideal: Thackeray firmly proclaims many times in his work that he is devoted to revealing the truth, even though a true portrait of bourgeois society is not an appealing one.

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Consequences of this worship are: (1) the perversion of love, friendship, and hospitality and (2) the inability to love.

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Society's values, ethics and manners, individuals and society are driven by the worship of wealth, rank, power, and class, they are corrupted by them.

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Almost every character in this novel is vain .  They are concerned about their own vanity and social position more than anything else .  In order to advance their social status , they are willing to cheat, steal...

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"What had happened? Was she guilty or not? She said not; but who could tell what was truth which came from those lips; or if that corrupt heart was in this case pure? All her lies and her schemes, all her selfishness and her wiles, all her wit and genius had come to this bankruptcy."
Narrator, 538-539

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Vanity , as the title suggests , is one of the most prevalent and the dominant themes in the novel .  Almost every character in this novel is vain .

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In 2003, Vanity Fair was listed at No. 122 on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's best-loved books.

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The novel is now considered a classic and has inspired several audio, film, and television adaptations.

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The serial - Vanity fair was a popular and critical success

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The story highlights the unreliable nature of the events of the narrative through the lives of Rebecca Sharp and Amelia Sedley.

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“The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice.”  Narrator, 13

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Thackeray's hope is to make a distinction between the things in life that are worth living for and the things that are ephemeral and do not matter. To this effect, he is constantly critiquing his characters, usually humorously, because they do not live up to his expectations.

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The book may be regarded as a prelude to the author’s masterpiece “Vanity Fair”.

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Thackeray firmly proclaims many times in his work that he is devoted to revealing the truth

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His first notable work was “The Book of Snob” (1846 - 1847)

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From 1842 to 1850, Thackeray contributed many poems and essays.

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Vanity Fair first published in serialised form in the magazine Punch in 1847