Pre-Owned Vanity Fair (Paperback 9780553214628) by William Makepeace Thackeray

from unlikelyaristotle

As characteristic for novels written in that period of time, or at least ABOUT that era (19th century England), Vanity Fair is an extremely wordy book. It pushes the boundaries of rambling, in my o...

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I wonder if anyone who works for the magazine Vanity Fair has ever read the book. I would think that if they had, they wouldn't call it Vanity Fair because Thackeray was (very effectively in my opi...

from unlikelyaristotle

As characteristic for novels written in that period of time, or at least ABOUT that era (19th century England), Vanity Fair is an extremely wordy book. It pushes the boundaries of rambling, in my o...

from wrmjr66

This one took me a long time to read. It's a good book--I'd say about 60% of it is a great book--but it wanders and lags a bit too much for me. The characters are either interesting but inconsisten...

from rainpebble

Vanity Fair by William Peace Thackery This review will read a bit strangely as I wrote it while reading the book and commented on each 'part' as I finished it. Spoilers ahead!~! I enjoyed this read...