“…Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.”

First published in London between 1847 and 1848, Vanity Fair is William Makepeace Thackeray’s masterwork of satire, offering a vivid portrait of early Victorian society.

Set in the turbulent aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, it follows the fortunes of two contrasting young women — the cunning, ambitious Becky Sharp and the gentle, idealistic Amelia Sedley — as they navigate love, ambition, and society’s shifting values.

Through their journeys, Thackeray delivers a sharp, witty exploration of vanity, hypocrisy, and human folly that remains timeless.