Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was an Indian-born English author, novelist, and illustrator. During the Victorian era he was ranked second only to Charles Dickens, and today he remains famous for his classic English novel "e;Vanity Fair"e;. Originally published as a 19-volume serial between 1847 and 1848, the story revolves around the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley during the Napoleonic Wars. A satirisation of British society in the early 19th-century, "e;Vanity Fair"e; was highly successful when first published and is today considered a timeless classic. A true masterpiece of English fiction and a must-read for all literature lovers. Other notable works by this author include: "e;Men's Wives"e; (1852), "e;Catherine"e; (1839-40), and "e;The Luck of Barry Lyndon"e; (1844). Read & Co. Classics is republishing this novel now in a new edition complete with a biography of the author from "e;Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ninth Edition, Volume XXIII"e;