Vanity Fair

The story opens with Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies, where Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley have just completed their studies and are preparing to depart for Amelia's house in Russell Square. Becky is a strong-willed and cunning young woman determined to make her way in society, and Amelia Sedley is a good-natured and lovable, though simple-minded, young girl.