Vanity Fair
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"Vanity Fair" is an 1847–1848 satirical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that follows the social climbing and moral ambiguity of Becky Sharp amid early 19th-century British society.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vanity Fair (novel) | 1 |
| Vanity Fair (serial, 1847–1848) | 1 |
| Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
film
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| author | William Makepeace Thackeray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1848 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Punch magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Jos Sedley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lady Jane Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss Briggs NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Pitt Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | William Makepeace Thackeray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Victorian novelists ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
realist novel
ⓘ
satire ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Amelia Sedley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Becky Sharp NERFINISHED ⓘ George Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ Rawdon Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ William Dobbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | omniscient narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex anti-heroine Becky Sharp
ⓘ
satire of British society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationEndYear | 1848 ⓘ |
| publicationStartYear | 1847 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingEvent | Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| structure | serialized in monthly parts ⓘ |
| subtitle | A Novel without a Hero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
ambition
ⓘ
class and society ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ materialism ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ social climbing ⓘ war and society ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | Regency era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | The Pilgrim's Progress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Becky Sharp
subject surface form:
Becky Sharp
this entity surface form:
Vanity Fair (serial, 1847–1848)
this entity surface form:
Vanity Fair (novel)
subject surface form:
Becky Sharp
this entity surface form:
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero
subject surface form:
Becky Sharp