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Despite discovering some great modern books recently, my heart belongs to those friends of my youth, the chunky 19th century novels. So it was both a joyful and a comforting experience to read this long deferred classic of Thackeray's.
The romance of Amelia and George, the devotion of William Dobbin, the tragi-comic figure of Jos Sedley, the scheming cynicism and greed of Becky Sharp - these were all brilliantly conveyed. The satire is not dated, because greed, snobbery and romance all exist in e ...more
The romance of Amelia and George, the devotion of William Dobbin, the tragi-comic figure of Jos Sedley, the scheming cynicism and greed of Becky Sharp - these were all brilliantly conveyed. The satire is not dated, because greed, snobbery and romance all exist in e ...more
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