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VANITY FAIR浮华世界
LLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
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With an Introduction
The most adventurous classic adaptation to date. Sunday Times
by Ron Singer
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Introduction
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Vanity Fair is Thackeray's masterpiece
was published in 1847-48 in
monthly installments. The sub-title of
the book, "A Novel Without a hero
suggests the fact that writer s
intention was not to portray(#h
A)individuals, but the bourgeois and
aristocratic society as a whole. The
title was taken from bunyan ' s
"Pilgrims Progress
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Vanity Fair comes from Bunyan s"Pilgrims Progress"chapter 33,he
named it profoundly,且看班扬在原著中对 Vanity Fair的描述: at this fair
are all such merchandise sold, as houses, lands trades, places
titles, kingdoms, lusts, pleasures, and delight of all sorts as
whores. bawds wives, husband. children, masters lives blood.
ouls, slivers, gold, pearls, precious stones, and what not.
Thackeray choose this name, clearly revealed to him to describe of the
early nineteenth century Britain"fame"society 's attitude
Vanity Fair reveals the truth of the politics and society of the
capitalist world, that is, the ugl
liness o
of the society. To depict the
reality, as Thackeray said, is necessarily to expose many
unpleasant truths. He felt that the society was full of those faithless
hopeless and merciless men who were either swindlers or fools with
much popularity. Novelists should make people laugh by exposing
reveal all +ig fun of them. Therefore, the novel Vanity Fair aims to
the evils without mercy. e
be the characteristics ofa
Vanity Fair
(1)Vanity Fair is work of social
criticism. and is noted for the author's
realistic depiction, the ironic and
sarcastic tone and constant comment
and criticism
(2)In Vanity Fair, Thackeray gives
block characters(人物群体)
be the characteristics ofa
Vanity Fair
(3)Thac