Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray (1848)

Vanity Fair follows Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley through schoolrooms, marriages, money troubles, war, and social climbing in a society ruled by vanity and appearance. Thackeray’s narrator watches charm, weakness, loyalty, and ambition with comic sharpness. In LLCL, students can use the original or leveled version to study satire, social class, unreliable social performance, narrative intrusion, and the costs of trying to succeed in a corrupt world.

Quick Facts

• Grade band: Middle School (6–8)
• Reading stats:
• Abridged — FKGL: 8.4 | 12,650 Words
• Original — FKGL: 9.1 | 301,946 Words
• Access status: Requires unlock