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Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray
eng. Vanity Fair · 1847-1848
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Main Ideas

Main Ideas

  • Critique of 19th-century society through its vanity and hypocrisy
  • Exposing the illusions of virtue and decency in the upper classes
  • Highlighting moral and ethical issues through the main characters' stories
  • The idea of justice and moral retribution as an inevitable outcome for wicked deeds
  • Criticism of war and its senselessness and brutality, exemplified by the Battle of Waterloo
  • Questions of women's emancipation and the role of women in society through the main heroines
  • Emphasizing the importance of honesty, kindness, and sincerity in contrast to societal hypocrisy and greed
Vanity Fair
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Date of publication: 14 May 2024
Updated: 14 July 2024
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Original title: eng. Vanity Fair · 1847-1848
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