{"product_id":"9781775411819","title":"Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero","description":"No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success thanthe alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the social ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of English society in the early 1800s, battles—military and domestic—are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honorable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin, devoted to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to William Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure. \u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) was born in Calcutta but sent to England at the age of six. A journalist for many years, he wrote many novels with a socially satirical edge, including \u003ci\u003eThe Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.\u003c\/i\u003e and, most famously, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Floating Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131341979888,"sku":"9781775411819","price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781775411819_p0.jpg?v=1763709305","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781775411819","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}