In which we follow our (non-)heroes through family changes and the prelude to Waterloo. Post your thoughts in the comments!
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Please note the change in the Vanity Fair discussion timetable in the right sidebar. Claire and I decided to push things one week so those that were interested can catch up. I will still post on Chapters 20-29 later today (assuming work’s internet connection issues are resolved), but we’ll wait two weeks before covering all […]
Can we just talk about the character names? Some of my favorites: The law firm of Hulker, Bullock and BullockMrs. Rougemont, the actressSir Huddleston FuddlestonSir Giles Wapshot and the Misses Wapshot Most of them are not very subtle, which I appreciate. Even “Miss Sharp” is a very telling name.
The travails of Becky Sharpe and Amelia Sedley continue, with the threat of Napoleon on the horizon. Use the comments to add your thoughts on Vanity Fair through Chapter 20 (no spoilers from beyond that chapter, please). Thanks for the comments and interest shown so far!
In the comments I post some topics I find interesting in Chapters 11 through 20. I’m avoiding spoilers, so feel free to read the comments as you get to these chapters. Add comments with topics you find interesting. I hope this helps spur some discussion!
In which we follow Becky Sharp from Chiswick to Russell Square, then to Queen’s Crawley. Dive into the comments and share your thoughts on the book so far! Again, I’d ask you not to reveal anything that happens beyond the tenth chapter. If you haven’t read all ten chapters yet and you wish to avoid […]
I finally was able to get started on Vanity Fair this weekend. I’ll have more time later this week to post on the first 10 chapters, but I would love to hear what you think about it if you have started the book! Also, if you would like to be able to post here (on […]
Thackeray illustrated Vanity Fair, and as I look through some of the drawings I realize they add quite a bit to the novel. So here are the illustrations I could find in one easy place. Or make that four easy places: Chapters 1 through 15 Chapters 16 through 34 Chapters 35 through 51 Chapters 52 […]
The Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan {215} Then I saw in my dream, that when they were got out of the wilderness, they presently saw a town before them, and the name of that town is Vanity; and at the town there is a fair kept, called Vanity Fair: it is kept all the year […]
The book is around 700 pages long in the copy I have. I’m debating on how much to schedule each week since many of us don’t have a lot of time to read. I’ll start with approximately 100 pages a week so we can finish in less than 2 months. That will work out to […]