Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Pevná vazba)

Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Pevná vazba)

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books

Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Pevná vazba)

The Four Corners Familiars series invites contemporary artists to illustrate and produce a new edition of a classic novel or short story. This magnificent edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair (first published in 1847-48) is the sixth in this series, and is produced by the British

Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Pevná vazba)

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design In William Thackeray's Vanity Fair, no one is better

Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Paperback)

Subtitled 'a novel without a hero,' Vanity Fair offers an acidly satirical romp across all levels of English society during the Napoleonic wars. William Thackeray focuses on how the war affects people other than soldiers, the typical heroes. All of his characters are deeply flawed, from social

Vanity Fair (Official ITV adaptation tie-in edition) - William Makepeace Thackeray

The classic novel of 'villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing', soon to be a major new ITV series from the producers of Poldark, Victoria and And Then There Were None. | William Makepeace Thackeray's witty literary classic Vanity Fair is set against

Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Paperback)

'Backgrounds and Contexts' is arranged under three headings. 'Composition and Publication History' combines modern scholarship with contemporary materials to elucidate the novel's composition and publication history and present different aspects of Thackeray's life and work. 'Reception' reprints

Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Paperback)

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story,

Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Paperback)

The friends Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave Miss Pinkerton's school together, ready to forge their paths in the tawdry and cut-throat world of the early nineteenth century. The scheming, brilliant and ruthless orphan Becky is better equipped than any to scale the heights of Regency society

Vanity Fair (Collins Classics) (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Paperback)

A masterpiece of social satire, featuring one of literature's best-loved characters, Becky Sharp.Ruthless social climber and irrepressible anti-hero Becky Sharp will do anything to raise her position in Society, from impoverished orphan to woman of means. Clever, lively and resourceful, Becky is

Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Paperback)

'I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year.' Becky Sharp is sharp, calculating, and determined to succeed. Craving wealth and a position in society, she charms, hoodwinks, manipulates everyone she meets, rising in the world as she attaches herself to a succession of rich men

Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Paperback)

I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year. Becky Sharp Becky Sharp is a poor orphan when she first makes friends with the lovely Amelia Sedley at Miss Pinkerton s Academy for Young Ladies. She may not have the natural advantages of her companion but she more than makes up for it

Vanity Fair (Makepeace Thakeray William)(Paperback / softback)

Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Paperback)

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

Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray

Follow the fortunes of Becky Sharp, one of English literature’s most colourful heroines, as she uses her wit, charm and ruthless ambition in an attempt to forge a place for herself in high society. With Fact Files on William Thackeray, the Napoleonic Wars, and Young Men in Regency England

Vanity Fair (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Paperback / softback)

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

Secondary Level 3: Vanity Fair - book - William Makepeace Thackeray

Follow the fortunes of Becky Sharp, one of English literatures most colourful heroines, as she uses her wit, charm and ruthless ambition in an attempt to forge a place for herself in high society. With Fact Files on William Thackeray, the Napoleonic Wars, and Young Men in Regency England

Young Adult ELI Readers - English - Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero + downloa (Thackeray William M.)(Paperback / softback)

Our story begins just outside Miss Pinkertons Academy for Young Ladies at Chiswick Mall in London. A large family carriage is waiting for two young ladies, Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp. | | Vanity Fair was written 200 years ago, but it is a thoroughly modern story that provides us with universal

The Rose and the Ring (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Paperback)

When Fairy Blackstick created a magical rose and ring, she did not anticipate their existence to be so troublesome. With the power to warp perception, the rose and the ring each make their bearer seem beautiful and irresistibly charming. However, as they are passed down, the magic of the items had

Vanity Fair's Women On Women(Pevná vazba)

Looking back at the last thirty-five years of Vanity Fair stories on women, by women, with an introduction by the magazine's editor in chief, Radhika Jones Gail Sheehy on Hillary Clinton. Ingrid Sischy on Nicole Kidman. Jacqueline Woodson on Lena Waithe. Leslie Bennetts on Michelle Obama. And two

Barry Lyndon: The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. (Thackeray William Makepeace)(Paperback)

First published in 1844, this is Thackeray's earliest substantial work of fiction and perhaps his most original. The text is that of Saintbury's 1908 Oxford edition which incorporates Thackeray's revisions. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest

Gone Girl (Flynn Gillian)(Pevná vazba)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The 'mercilessly entertaining' (Vanity Fair) instant classic 'about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships' (Lev Grossman, Time). NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN

Luster (Leilani Raven)(Pevná vazba)

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, O Magazine, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, Shondaland, The New York Times Book Review, Boston Globe, Buzzfeed, Kirkus, Time, Good Housekeeping, InStyle, The Guardian, Literary Hub, Electric Literature, Self, The New

The Dog, the Wolf and God (Terzani Folco)(Pevná vazba)

'A masterpiece' - Vanity Fair (Italy)After the best-seller The End is My Beginning, co-authored with his father Tixiano Terzani, the long-awaited Folco Terzani's comeback with an extraordinary harmony of words and images, a simple and profound story about nature, friendship and the sense of the

Surf Shack: Laid-Back Living by the Water (Freudenberger Nina)(Pevná vazba)

'Cabin porn goes coastal in Nina Freudenberger's Surf Shack' [Vanity Fair], and here are bungalows, trailers, cabins, and beach homes where surfers retreat after a day on the waves. Peek inside the homes of longtime enthusiasts and dedicated newcomers that reflect not just a sport or passion, but