Vanity Fair
Ranked #27 in Victorian, Ranked #34 in English Writer — see more rankings.
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John Sutherland This was Thackeray’s first major novel … It is panoramic – a wonderful conspectus of the 19th century. (Source)
Stella Tillyard Vanity Fair is another historical novel and a tremendous saga. I would call it the Whig version of the Regency. It is the tale of an adventuress abroad in a land where quick fortunes and metropolitan vices are very much in evidence. It is fantastically good humoured. I suppose it is the way that a liberal Victorian would look back on that time. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Vanity Fair is ranked in the following categories:
- #57 in Adultery
- #46 in Penguin Classics
- #94 in Project Gutenberg
- #85 in Satire
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