Vanity Fair (Frederick Davidson) - William Makepeace Thackeray
Public domain
Category: Humor
Narrator: Frederick Davidson
Tags: Humor, Classic, Historical Fiction, Adults
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Release date: January 1, 2006 Duration: 29:53:57, Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?, Generally considered to be Thackerays masterpiece, Vanity Fair is a resplendent social satire that exposes the greed and corruption raging in England during the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars., Subtitled A Novel without a Hero, it traces the changing fortunes of two unforgettable women: the scheming opportunist Becky Sharpone of literatures most resourceful, engaging, and amoral heroinesand her foil, the faithful but nave Amelia Sedley. Amid the swirl of Londons posh ballrooms and affairs of love and war, their fortunes rise and fall. Thackerays subversive, comic attack on the hypocrisy and dismal roguery of an avaricious world still resonates, more than 150 years later, with implications for our own times., This one of the most recorded books. We have several reading on ABB, take your choice and compare. Freder
