Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial)

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Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial) is a British television adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel, known for its faithful period detail and sharp social satire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television series
television series
adaptationOf Victorian novel
adaptationType serial drama
authorOfSourceWork William Makepeace Thackeray
basedOn Vanity Fair
surface form: Vanity Fair (novel)
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depictsTheme class distinctions
social climbing
war and society
firstAired 1998
genre historical drama
literary adaptation
period drama
mainCharacter Amelia Sedley
Becky Sharp (fictional character)
surface form: Becky Sharp

George Osborne
Rawdon Crawley
William Dobbin
medium television
notableFor faithful period detail
sharp social satire
numberOfEpisodes 6
numberOfSeries 1
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork BBC One
productionCompany BBC
settingCountry United Kingdom
settingPeriod Napoleonic Wars
sourceWorkGenre satirical novel
sourceWorkPublicationCentury 19th century

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Abigail Thaw appearedIn Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial)
this entity surface form: Vanity Fair (TV series)