Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Hawk Press
Año de edición:
1995
ISBN:
9789392322242
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Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of two contrasting but inter-linked lives. A ruthless social climber, Becky Sharp is scheming and deceitful. Orphaned when young, she has desired wealth and social security above everything. Engaged as a governess at Sir Pitt Crawley’s house, Becky secretly marries his son, Captain Rawdon Crawley.Wealthy and warm-hearted, Amelia Sedley is her complete opposite. All that she has ever longed for is the stunning and egotistic Captain George Osborne - her childhood sweetheart - whom she marries against her father’s wishes.As the lives of the two women unfold against the backdrop of the Battle of Waterloo, what does fate has in store for them ?

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