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Vanity Fair eBook
268,757 words, approx. 896 pages
 The complete online text of Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.




| Name: |
William Makepeace Thackeray | | Birth Date: |
July 18, 1811 | | Death Date: |
December 24, 1863 | | Place of Birth: |
Calcutta, India | | Place of Death: |
London, England | | Nationality: |
British | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
novelist |
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Biography of William Makepeace Thackeray
1353 words, approx. 4.5 pages
 The British novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) created unrivaled panoramas of English upper-middle-class life, crowded with memorable characters displaying realistic mixtures of virtue, vanity, and vice. When William Makepeace Thackeray beg...
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Biography of William Makepeace Thackeray
18217 words, approx. 60.7 pages
 Like many of his fellow Victorian novelists, William Makepeace Thackeray is noted for his ability to create memorable characters—such as Major Gahagan, Charles Yellowplush, Becky Sharp, Major Pendennis, Henry and Beatrix Esmond, Colonel Newcome, an...
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Biography of William Makepeace Thackeray
16433 words, approx. 54.8 pages
 Like many of his fellow Victorian novelists, William Makepeace Thackeray is noted for his ability to create memorable characters--like Major Gahagan, Charles Yellowplush, Becky Sharp, Major Pendennis, Henry and Beatrix Esmond, Colonel Newcome, and not le...



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Liebovitz, Annie (1949—) Summary
1,079 words, approx. 4 pages From her first assignments for Rolling Stone in the early 1970s to her defining images of celebrity found in Vanity Fair since 1983, Annie Liebovitz has changed the way Americans see the twentieth century. Capturing both the glamorous and the banal...
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Vanity Fair Summary
6,943 words, approx. 23 pages Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Born in Calcutta, India, in 1811, William Makepeace Thackeray was the only son of Anne Becher and Richmond Thackeray, who worked for the East India Company. After his fathers death in 1815, the young...
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Vanity Fair Summary
1,656 words, approx. 6 pages The original Vanity Fair, superbly edited by the inimitable Frank Crowninshield from 1914 to 1936, was the epitome of elan during the teens and twenties. A unique amalgam of art, literature, humor, fashion, and social commentary, Vanity Fair attracted...
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Vanity Fair Information
3,142 words, approx. 11 pages
 Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England. The term "vanity fair" originates from the allegorical story The Pilgrim's Progress, published in 1678 by John Bunyan...




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 The Village Voice
Vanity Fair
09/01/2004: 577 words, approx. 2 pages VANITY FAIR Directed by Mira Nair Focus Opens September 1 BLONDE AMBITION Portrait of a lady: Reese takes on Thackeray 's social-climber heroine while playing herself Our culture of celebrity is such that, during the opening scenes of...
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 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Vanities fair
10/12/2003: 1,151 words, approx. 4 pages Vanities fair Dressing tables return as the ultimate personal space By ELAINE MARKOUTSAS Universal Press Syndicate Sunday, October 12, 2003 Dressing tables -- or vanities, as they're also aptly named -- are very personal, although some might consider them frivolous...
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 The New York Observer
Michael Roberts to Vanity Fair
4/13/2006: 275 words, approx. 1 pages Michael Roberts New Yorker fashion director Michael Roberts is moving over to Vanity Fair, according to a press release just issued by Conde Nast today. Full release after the jump. —Gabriel ShermanFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANITY FAIR GRAYDON CARTER NAMES MICHAEL ROBERTS FASHION AND STYLE DIRECTOR...
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Bono to edit Vanity Fair's Africa issue
3/6/2007: 277 words, approx. 1 pages Rock star and activist Bono is adding another title to his resume: first-ever guest editor of Vanity Fair. The U2 frontman will edit the magazine's Africa-themed July issue, on newsstands in early June, on behalf of his Project RED campaign, it was announced Tuesday."We've talked...



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Critical Essay by Christopher Coates
5,812 words, approx. 19 pages
 In the following essay, Coates examines how the editorial decisions regarding the illustration of Vanity Fair affected the reader's interpretation of the novel.
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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray | |
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