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No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love…

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Editions

85 editions · 4 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2019
    Independently published · 529 pages · 9781676916758
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Sovereign · 694 pages · 9781787248342
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Sphere · 672 pages · 9780751574302
  • Hardcover · English · 2016
    Simon & Brown · 1010 pages · 9781613829691
  • Paperback · English · 2015
    Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press) · 9780198727712
  • Paperback · English · 2013
    CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 400 pages · 9781494466473
Social life and customs, fictionWomen, fictionMarried women, fictionFemale friendship, fictionBritishSocial classes, fictionEngland, fictionMarried people, fiction