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Uncategorized Dwight 19 years agoFebruary 3, 2021

Chapters 11 – 20: discussion topics

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!

Uncategorized Dwight 19 years agoFebruary 3, 2021

Vanity Fair discussion: Chapters 1 – 10

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 […]

Uncategorized Dwight 19 years agoFebruary 3, 2021

Anyone able to start yet?

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 […]

Uncategorized Dwight 19 years agoFebruary 3, 2021

Illustrations for Vanity Fair

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 […]

Uncategorized Dwight 19 years agoFebruary 19, 2024

Source of the term Vanity Fair

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 […]

Uncategorized Dwight 19 years agoFebruary 3, 2021

Preliminary Vanity Fair reading schedule

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 […]

Uncategorized Tiredbuthappy 19 years agoFebruary 3, 2021

Can Thackeray compete with Rowling?

Today I picked up a copy of Vanity Fair at the library, so I’m all set to start reading once Chrees posts a schedule. The problem is, I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Not high-brow literature, but it sure kept my interest. Now I have to settle into the more sedate […]

Uncategorized Dwight 19 years agoFebruary 3, 2021

Book Cents first online book discussion

OK, we’ll try and break the new site in right. The first book we’ll have an online discussion about is William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair. Several things appealed about the book: it is available online (see Project Gutenberg), if you decide to buy it the list price is around $8 (see Penguin Classics or Modern […]

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