Vanity Fair — Narrated Edition

Hit play and stay awhile: Vanity Fair — William Makepeace Thackeray delivers a full audiobook experience without signup walls.

Amelia Sedley, daughter of a wealthy merchant, has a loving mother to supervise her courtship. Becky Sharp, an orphan, has to use her wit, charm, and resourcefulness to escape from her destiny as a governess. This she does ruthlessly, musing: “I think I could become a good woman, if I had £5,000 a year.” Thackeray’s story is set at the time of the battle of Waterloo, in which the Sedley fortunes are lost – and Amelia is back to square one – while Becky rises with contemptuous ease. Vanity Fair, with its rich cast of characters, takes place on the snakes-and-ladders board of life.

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