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The incomparable Miriam Margolyes applies her story-telling and histrionic gifts to this classic satire of two young English women, one bad but clever and the other good but stupid, who come to no good during the Napoleonic Wars. The abridgers have cut a bit too much at the expense of the characterizations. Although sounding somewhat forced, Margolyes, as always, gives an excellent performance.
Vanity Fair is a story of two heroines--one humber, the other scheming and social climbing--who meet inboarding school and embark on markedly different lives. Amid the swirl of London's posh ballrooms and affairs of love and war, their fortunes rise and fall. Through it all, Thackeray lampoons the shallow values of his society, reserving the most pointed barbs for the upper crust. What results is a prescient look at the dogged pursuit of wealth and status--and the need for humility.
内容简介
A deliciously satirical attack on a money-mad society, Vanity Fair, which first appeared in 1847, is an immensely moral novel, and an immensely witty one. Called in its subtitle "A Novel Without a Hero," Vanity Fair has instead two heroines: the faithful, loyal Amelia Sedley and the beautiful and scheming social climber Becky Sharp. It also engages a huge cast of wonderful supporting characters as the novel spins from Miss Pinkerton's academy for young ladies to affairs of love and war on the Continent to liaisons in the dazzling ballrooms of London. Thackeray's forte is the bon mot and it is amply exercised in a novel filled with memorably wicked lines. Lengthy and leisurely in pace, the novel follows the adventures of Becky and Amelia as their fortunes rise and fall, creating a tale of both picaresque and risqué. Thackery mercilessly skewers his society, especially the upper class, poking fun at their shallow values and pointedly jabbing at their hypocritical "morals." His weapons, however, are not fire and brimstone but an unerring eye for the absurd and a genius for observation of the foibles of his age. An enduring classic, this great novel is a brilliant study in duplicity and hypocrisy…and a mirror with which to view our own times.
作者简介
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was born and educated to be a gentleman but gambled away much of his fortune while at Cambridge. He trained as a lawyer before turning to journalism. He was a regular contributor to periodicals and magazines and Vanity Fair was serialised in Punch in 1847-8.
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很厚,很小一本,比较方便带着阅读。之前没有看过翻译的版本,有点期待内容。
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不只是吸引,有味道的浪莎!
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是正货,很好的质量。喜欢原文书,趁活动时买的。
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还没看到实物,看到追评,给京东客服差评,下单后未付款想起忘要发票,要客服帮忙修改订单,一次买了二十多本书,又不能重新下单,客服就各种不能,每次跟客服说什么都是不能,既然京东客服什么都不能做,还留着客服干什么
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很厚的一本口袋书,慢慢读慢慢体会,毕竟这不是快餐文学
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很不错, 很好
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我们每个人都想在别人眼中是个好人,所以我们要相信世上还是好人多,以诚待人,必会得到相等的回报。不过关键时候还是得靠自己,亲戚只是血缘关系上的一种描述,并不代表它就会改变你的命运。所以也不要寄希望于别人,亲戚都帮不了你,还能指望谁呢?除了自己。只有靠自己才能赢尊重。
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很小巧的书,适合随身携带
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但压力有点大,太长了