Set during the Napoleonic wars, Vanity Fair follows Becky Sharp as she cuts a swathe through Regency society. War, money, and national identity are the themes of Thackeray's great satirical novel, as it exposes a world on the make. In Becky, Thackeray created one of the most memorable female characters in Victorian fiction.

A new edition of one of the greatest Victorian novels, Thackeray's masterpiece, whose satire of society is as pertinent now as when it first appeared in 1847-8.
A great novel of the Napoleonic wars, centring on the Battle of Waterloo.
Helen Small's introduction establishes Thackeray as the leading humourist of the nineteenth century, whose satire still has bite. The introduction explores the themes of war, money, and national identity, and love as a battlefield between the sexes.
Full, helpful notes, an up-to-date bibliography and chronology of Thackeray.
Includes all Thackeray's original illustrations for the novel.
New to this edition

New Introduction by Helen Small.
Up-to-date Bibliography.
Revised and expanded Chronology.
All new and expanded Notes.