{"product_id":"9781772263220","title":"Vanity Fair (1000 Copy Limited Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. The two women are ostensibly friends, who are always in opposition to one another: when Amelia falls into a crisis, Becky is moving in the highest circles of society. When Amelia comes into luck, Becky's fortunes plummet. Throughout the novel, Amelia yearns for love, while Becky fights her way up the social ladder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e reflects Thackeray's interest in deconstructing his era's conventions regarding literary heroism. The characters are all flawed to a greater or lesser degree; even the most sympathetic have weaknesses. The human weaknesses Thackeray illustrates are mostly to do with greed, idleness, and snobbery, and the scheming, deceit and hypocrisy which mask them. \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e is sometimes considered the \"principal founder\" of the Victorian domestic novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition is limited to 1,000 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Engage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059046858992,"sku":"9781772263220","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781772263220_p0.jpg?v=1763737743","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781772263220","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}