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1、 VanityFair ANovelwithoutaHerobyWilliamMakepeaceThackeray Contents Abouttheauthor BriefintroductionofVanityFair Charactersandplots Theme WilliamMakepeaceThackeray aBritishnovelistVanityFaironparwithDickenstheVitoriatimesrepresentativenovelist BriefintroductionofVanityFair VanityFair 1847 1848 Anovel
2、WilliamMakepeaceThackeray TheleadingcharacterisBeckySharp anunscrupulous 寡廉鲜耻的 womanwhogainswealthandinfluencebyhercleverness Setting Timeandplace Inearly19thcenturyofEngland Circumstance Thestoryhappensinthemiddle upperclass Atthattime theindustryandbusinessareboomingandthewarbetweenBritainandFranc
3、ebreaks Thesub titleofthebook ANovelWithoutaHero suggeststhefactthatwriter sintentionwasnottoportrayindividuals butthebourgeois 资产阶级的 andaristocratic 贵族的 societyasawhole Style satiricalnovelofsocialreality Realistic Ihavenobrainsabovemyeyes andIdescribewhatIsee Satiric Mrs Crawley whomayhavebeendisp
4、osedduringthisperiodofelationtoslightthepeople honestyoungmilitarymenmostly whoformedherhusband schiefsociety BeckySharp Rebecca anorphanwhoisastrong willedandcleveryoungwomandeterminedtomakeherwayinsocietyandclimbupintotheupperclass AmeliaSedley thedaughterofawealthymerchant Agoodnatured loveableth
5、oughsimple mindedyounggirlwhowholeheartedlylovedherhusband GeorgeOsborne AmeliaSedley WilliamDobbin BeckySharp RawdonCrawley JosephSedley Plots BeckyandAmelialeaveschoolBeckytriestoentrapJosephBeckybecomingSirPittCrawley sgoverness secretlymarriedtoRawdonCrawleyAmelia sfathergotbankrupt captainDobbi
6、nhelpedAmeliaandGeorgeOsbornetogetmarriedwholaterdiedinthebattlefieldRawdonCrawleyimprisonedfordebt findsBeckyentertainingLordSteyne LeavesforIndiaanddiesoffeverBeckymetAmeliaagainandtoldhertheinfidelityofGeorge AmeliamarriedDobbinBeckyliveswithJosephandgetsallhispropertywhenhedies Beckyliveslikeagr
7、andlady Theme Thetreasuresofvanityfair whichismoneyandposition aredesirablebuttransient Althoughonemayliveinvanityfair oneneednotbeaslavetoitsvalues whicheventuallyturnintoemptiness Ofcoursetruelove Ameliaalwayslovedherhusbandeventhoughhebetrayedher andshewaslovedbyWilliamDobbin IfIhave5000pounds Iwillbeagoodwomantoo BeckySharp Ah VanitasVanitatum Whichofusishappyinthisworld Whichofushashisdesire orhavingit issatisfied ThackerayItisitstragicironythatmakesVanityFairalastingandinsightfulevaluationofhumanambitionandexperience Thankyou
