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1、Vanity Fair Vanity Fair was published in numbers 1847 8, illustrated by the author himself. A Brief Introduction The story is set at the time of the Napoleonic wars, and gives a satirical picture of a worldly society, which Thackeray intended to be applied also to his own times. It follows the fortu
2、nes of two sharply contrasted characters.2022-2-121 Rebecca (Becky) Sharp is the penniless orphaned daughter of an artist and a French opera dancer, and Amelia Sedley is the sheltered child of a rich City merchant. The two girls, as unlike in character as they are in fortune, have been educated at M
3、iss Pinkertons Academy for young ladies. 2022-2-122 Becky, having failed to force a proposal of marriage from Amelias brother Jos, becomes governess to the children of Sir Pitt Crawley, a coarse, brutal old man who bullies his fading second wife. Becky manages to charm the Crawley family, and become
4、s a favourite of Miss Crawley, Sir Pitts rich and capricious sister. 2022-2-123 When his wife dies Sir Pitt proposes to Becky, but she has to confess that she is already married, to his younger son Rawdon. The couple abruptly fall from favour with Miss Crawley, and have to live on Beckys wits. Ameli
5、as apparently secure life has been disrupted. Her father has lost all his money, and her engagement to George Osborne, the handsome but vain and shallow son of another City magnate, has been broken off in consequence. 2022-2-124 Mr. Osborne disinherits his son George, Rawdon, and Dobbin are all in t
6、he army, and Amelia and Becky accompany their husbands to Belgium, where Becky carries on an intrigue with George. George is killed at Waterloo, and Amelia, with her baby son Georgy, goes to live in poverty with her parents. William Dobbin, Georges awkward, loyal friend, who is secretly in love with
7、 Amelia, persuades George to defy his father and go on with the marriage.2022-2-125 Amelias devotion to her son is contrasted with Beckys neglect of hers, but she is finally forced by poverty to part with Georgy to his grandfather. Dobbin, despairing of ever winning Amelias love, for she is dedicate
8、d to the memory of her husband, has spent ten years in India. 2022-2-126 Becky and Rawdon manage to make a brilliant display in London society on “nothing a year.” Becky and Rawdon part after Rawdon has discovered his wife in a compromising situation with Lord Steyne, who has, it turns out, been pay
9、ing for Beckys extravagances. 2022-2-127 Becky leads a disreputable life on the Continent, and it is hinted that she may be responsible for the death of Jos, who has insured his life in her favour. Rawdon, who has become governor of Coventry Island, dies of fever. Amelia steadfastly refuses to marry
10、 Dobbin until meeting Becky, who tells her of Georges infidelity. Disillusioned, she marries Dobbin, but by then his love for her has lost much of its intensity. 2022-2-128 Based on the writers penetrating observation of human nature, the book exposes all aspects of it: people are weak and vain, sel
11、f-absorbed, self-deceived. Three kinds of people are shown and criticized here: social climbers, snobs and egotists. By tracing the interweaving destinies of two contrasted heroines during the period of Waterloo and its aftermath, the novel is a vast satirical panorama of a materialistic society. 20
12、22-2-129 Vanity Fair is given a subtitle “A Novel Without a Hero.” This can be understood in two ways: First, we may consider (Becky) Sharp and Amelia as the most important characters in the novel, that is to say, there are only two heroines. Second, Sharp and Amelia cant be seen as heroines, either
13、, because Sharp seems too evil a character and Amelia appears too pale. 2022-2-1210vIn spite of this, the characters are portrayed vividly, especially Sharp and Amelia. They are described in sharp contrast: from their family backgrounds to their later life; from their attitude toward love and marriage to their way of dealing with men, and others.2022-2-1211 Satire is the most distinguishing feature of the novel. The reader can find satire everywhere from the title to descriptions and portrayal of characters, from the authors comments to the narr
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