William Makepeace Thackeray 
Vanity Fair 

Vanity Fair is an English novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars.

A brilliant satire on the nineteenth-century English society, William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair was listed on the BBC’s the Big Read poll of UK’s best-loved books. A timeless classic, it has been an inspiration for numerous adaptations across various art forms.

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William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist,  author and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon.