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Vanity Fair
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Grace
Jul 22, 2017 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mccrum-s-100-greatest, 2016-reads
#14 in the chronological McCrum read.... and I believe this is the third 5 star book in a row! Many of this period are rereads for me including Vanity Fair. Terrific book....
An explanation of my star rating.
5= Truly cream of the crop. Amazing. In a wondrous realm of its own
4= Special and well written. More than good...maybe even a great book, but not a rare 5 star wonder.
3= Moments of brilliance, a pleasure to read. I'd recommend it.
2= An average "so-so" book that didn't shine... since I rarel ...more
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Caitlin Channer
Jun 24, 2019 rated it liked it
Shelves: classics, fiction
I liked the snarky tone of the novel but I pitied all the characters.
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Jenn
Jan 30, 2011 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1001-books-to-read-completed, victorian-literature, classics, 2011
I had a hard time getting through this book. About halfway I stopped reading it completely for about a month or so. I liked the main story, but the author digressed so much that I found myself lost and subsequently bored too often. Characters were often introduced that would either never be mentioned again, or mentioned only slightly later in the novel. I am glad that I read it and finished it, but I will probably never read it again.
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Tim
Nov 29, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: books-i-own-and-yet-to-read, swindon-list, big-read-200, 501-must-read-books, guardian-1000, 1001-to-read-before-you-die-2006, naughtiebookclub, 1001-to-read-before-you-die-2008, 100-must-read-classics, collins
918 pages not the 192 that goodreads thinks!

Set before and after the battle of waterloo in Vanity Fair nothings is what it seems.

It is about the falseness of social interaction.

I found the first half of the books excellent, up intil the battle of waterloo. I felt the book drifted again for about 300 pages before becoming more engaging at the end.

One of my favourite novels, there have been two excellent tv adaptations also.
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Alicatte
Dec 03, 2010 rated it really liked it
Vimaris
Mar 27, 2017 rated it liked it
Shelves: historical-fiction, classics
Janet
Feb 11, 2011 rated it it was ok
Karawan
Jul 12, 2011 marked it as read-part-but-not-all
Catherine
Sep 17, 2011 marked it as to-read
Chrisie
Mar 31, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: how-to-be-well-read
GONZA
Jul 03, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Sarah
Aug 17, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, classics, victorian-literature
Kim
Oct 05, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: classics, 1001, favs, guardians-100-best-novels
Perlie
Feb 17, 2013 rated it really liked it
Elvira Dobis
Apr 03, 2014 marked it as to-read
Faraaz
Oct 29, 2014 marked it as to-read
Rita
Nov 19, 2014 marked it as to-read
Wendy
Dec 29, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Lisa Gannon
Dec 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
Amy
Feb 21, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 101-books-to-read-before-college, classics
Eww
Jul 26, 2016 marked it as to-read
Sharranya
May 21, 2017 marked it as to-read
Lisa M
Sep 25, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Heather
Sep 21, 2019 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2018-reading
Jack
Feb 06, 2019 marked it as someday
Amy
Mar 07, 2019 marked it as to-read
Roxy
Jul 30, 2019 marked it as to-read
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