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A fascinatingly thorough pre-DSM-V case study of a female sociopath. Thackeray would have made a fine diagnostician.
However, though Rebecka's character in deed is ghastly realistically portrayed, and consistent with the behavior of someone whose life is a constant project of hustling, I found the predictability of the other inhabitants of Vanity Fair a little tiresome. Though I am sure that is just the moral of the story, a couple of hundred pages less of whining about the behavior of the genti ...more
However, though Rebecka's character in deed is ghastly realistically portrayed, and consistent with the behavior of someone whose life is a constant project of hustling, I found the predictability of the other inhabitants of Vanity Fair a little tiresome. Though I am sure that is just the moral of the story, a couple of hundred pages less of whining about the behavior of the genti ...more
Long but worth it.
I enjoyed this classic novel but at times it really dragged. I may never have finished it if I had not joined the discussion of the book on the "Reading the Chunksters" group. Since the characters are supposed to be "puppets on a stage" and it is somewhat of a morality tale most of the characters are not very likable. Some are downright detestable but at least they are interesting. Thackeray is an astute observer of human nature and is cynical about what he sees. I appreciated that the female ch
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