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The incomparable Miriam Margolyes applies her story-telling and histrionic gifts to this classic satire of two young English women, one bad but clever and the other good but stupid, who come to no good during the Napoleonic Wars. The abridgers have cut a bit too much at the expense of the characterizations. Although sounding somewhat forced, Margolyes, as always, gives an excellent performance.
Vanity Fair is a story of two heroines--one humber, the other scheming and social climbing--who meet inboarding school and embark on markedly different lives. Amid the swirl of London's posh ballrooms and affairs of love and war, their fortunes rise and fall. Through it all, Thackeray lampoons the shallow values of his society, reserving the most pointed barbs for the upper crust. What results is a prescient look at the dogged pursuit of wealth and status--and the need for humility.
内容简介
A deliciously satirical attack on a money-mad society, Vanity Fair, which first appeared in 1847, is an immensely moral novel, and an immensely witty one. Called in its subtitle "A Novel Without a Hero," Vanity Fair has instead two heroines: the faithful, loyal Amelia Sedley and the beautiful and scheming social climber Becky Sharp. It also engages a huge cast of wonderful supporting characters as the novel spins from Miss Pinkerton's academy for young ladies to affairs of love and war on the Continent to liaisons in the dazzling ballrooms of London. Thackeray's forte is the bon mot and it is amply exercised in a novel filled with memorably wicked lines. Lengthy and leisurely in pace, the novel follows the adventures of Becky and Amelia as their fortunes rise and fall, creating a tale of both picaresque and risqué. Thackery mercilessly skewers his society, especially the upper class, poking fun at their shallow values and pointedly jabbing at their hypocritical "morals." His weapons, however, are not fire and brimstone but an unerring eye for the absurd and a genius for observation of the foibles of his age. An enduring classic, this great novel is a brilliant study in duplicity and hypocrisy…and a mirror with which to view our own times.
作者简介
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was born and educated to be a gentleman but gambled away much of his fortune while at Cambridge. He trained as a lawyer before turning to journalism. He was a regular contributor to periodicals and magazines and Vanity Fair was serialised in Punch in 1847-8.
Vanity Fair名利场 [平装] epub pdf mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
Vanity Fair名利场 [平装] 下载 epub mobi pdf txt 电子书 2024
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[cp]我在京东发现了一个不错的商品晒单,快来看看吧,说不定你也需要哦~ 绝对值得购买,纸质不晃眼,便于携带。推荐大家购买京东图书。@京东
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给侄女买的,她很喜欢
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看起来不错,应该还行吧
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书的大小很合适,携带方便,可再生纸张,囤货中,慢慢读起来
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刚开始看,觉得字母行上下间空隙太少了,做笔记较难
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书很厚,纸张也不错~
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我们每个人都想在别人眼中是个好人,所以我们要相信世上还是好人多,以诚待人,必会得到相等的回报。不过关键时候还是得靠自己,亲戚只是血缘关系上的一种描述,并不代表它就会改变你的命运。所以也不要寄希望于别人,亲戚都帮不了你,还能指望谁呢?除了自己。只有靠自己才能赢尊重。
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书的质量不错,有图书券领,买了几本很划算,打开也没有刺鼻的味道,满意!
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全英文版,书尺寸很小,携带方便