Vanity Fair Book Reviews

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A Novel Without a Hero…. Vanity Fair is a wonderful book- it views humans and life in a most realistic way- Thackeray, unlike Dickens, and sometimes even Dostoyevsky, shows the real nature of human’s- even good Amelia is not completely rid of the awful, base things and jealously every human is made up of. He views life in a way that shows it as it really is- not all wonderful things, with much judge-mentality, any many back-stabbers and double crossers- which makes the book exceedingly interesting and enjoyable to read, as everything written is true, philosophical a bit, and one can really learn something about life from it. The characters are enjoyable: it is humorous to see the bad qualities within them that we never fail to see in others, but always fail to see in ourselves, and, as I said before, really shows that in life there are no heroes, no truly pure and good persons- and that we have always been the same cruel creatures, and will always be. A very clever and intelligent book, definitely worth the read and to dedicate one’s entire time to. I do swear that Rebecca has uncanny similarities to Scarlett O’Hara. Perhaps Margaret Mitchell based Scarlett upon Becky?

Modern Life has Little Changed. Some 200 years later, we humans have remained much the same as depicted here. We might all find examples of our selves or our neighbors in this classic novel and wince. Can't we ever rise above our petty Vanity Fair? Social climbing cannot possibly be depicted any better than it is showcased here, nastiness at its finest!!!

vanity Fair. engrossing book,i read like a novel,slowly,i did not want it to end. i also belong to Punjab KanwarJit

Long and painful. People making bad choices A bit funny, but mostly a long drudgery

No justice .... ...through most of the book. I loved this book when I started it, for its lively style and witty characters waltzing in and out. But I hated the main character Becky Sharpe so much, and the hate grew as she was never punished for her relentless crimes, that it took me forever to finish it. She never got her come uppance, even at the end. I also hated the cowardly and stupid Amelia, another main character. In fact, I hated the vast majority of people in the book. One of the only admirable ones, Dobbin, has a long sad life for most of the book. I’m glad it’s finally finished, it took me ages since I hated everyone so much and none of these people got justice. All the bad people were rewarded, and the good suffered.

"Vanity Fair". An enthralling satire of the 19th Century English upper class that savages its obsession with money, power, status, and lineage.

Vanity Fair by Thackeray. A long read, but very worthwhile. Brilliant insight into the nature of fashionable life, including its hollowness and human side. Both good and bad characters are well developed. The story is told with much dry delightful British humor. Imaginary names and titles are used to convey subtle insights into the characters, such as "Lord Bareacres; His Transparency the Duke of Pumpernickel; and Lieutenant Spoony." Delightfullly written with rich characters and situations. Recommended.

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