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Vanity Fair is a long drawn out novel which is centered around two women, Becky and Amelia. Thackeray style of writing is different then I am use to -- he is both writer and narrator. At first, I did not like his interfering in my reading but got use to it. I read this novel with a group which made it so much more interesting.
Love these quotes --
"Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seems to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?"
"Never lose a chance of sayin ...more
Love these quotes --
"Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seems to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?"
"Never lose a chance of sayin ...more
I liked the snarky tone of the novel but I pitied all the characters.
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