Vanity Fair
Author(s): William Makepeace Thackeray
Genre(s): Satire
Narrators: Michelle Crandall, Wendy G., Stacey Ford Osborne, Graham Williams, Betsie Bush, Guntar, Chris Peterson, Maureen S. O'Brien, Rachelellen, JemmaBlythe, Monique, Chriss The Girl, Kymm Zuckert, Bethany Simpson, Dexnell Peters, Cindy Scott Amero, Hotchoccy, Anne, Joyce Nussbaum, Laurie Campbell
Number of Chapters: 67
Length: 32 hours and 20 minutes
Language: English
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England. Like many novels of the time, Vanity Fair was published as a serial before being sold in book form; it was printed in 20 monthly parts between January 1847 and July 1848.
Thackeray meant the book to be not only entertaining but also instructive; this is shown both by the narrator of the book and in Thackeray's private correspondence. The novel is now remembered as a classic of English literature, though some critics claim that it has structural problems; Thackeray sometimes lost track of the huge scope of his work, mixing up characters' names and minor plot details. The number of allusions and references it contains can make it difficult for modern readers to follow.