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!

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 […]