Book: Vanity Fair
Author: William Thackeray
Pages: 750
This is my 60th read for the year
Here is what Amazon says about Vanity Fair:
"No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles—military and domestic—are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure."
I am sure I am the last person on earth to read this book. I tend to shy away from the hefty classics, but I am doing a Rory Gilmore challenge this year and that girl loved a good classic. I didn't love or hate this book. It just....was. It was long and a bit tedious and meandered its way through a story that never really went anywhere.
Stars: 3
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