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Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

Start date: April 1, 2018

Finish date: June 30, 2018

Why we're reading this: 2nd Quarter 2018 Long Read

Previous Group Reads
Book of the Month Group Read, Sept/Oct 2011
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Book of the Month Group Read, Sept/Oct 2011

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Jan 24, 2008 Charles rated it it was amazing

I remember starting this book about 50 years ago. I was in love with Dickens and all things Victorian, so I tried VF. All I remember is that it seemed dry and boring.

Just recently I picked it up and gave it a try. Wow! Was I wrong. This is one of the funniest and most enjoyable books I have ever read. What a great sense of parody and humor in this guy Thackeray. Also, his writing is a constant pleasure, he has a way of using words in slightly different ways than you have ever heard before but w ...more

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Jun 29, 2008 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

Forget the movie, except for the 6-hour one done in 1996 or so. This heroine is complicated and charming, and so is the story. The writing has that frivolous 18th century thing going, but I came to love it in this book since the perception is so sharp. And no judgment is made upon these characters, some of whom are not so savory. Well worth the time invested.

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Jul 06, 2009 Laura rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, hf-19th-century-europe, read-2010, victorians, 3ms

To be read and discussed by the Victorian's group in June 1st.

A novel without an hero. The story of Becky, Amelia, Captain Dobbin among others. ...more

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