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vanity fair

Vanity Fair was a novel written by William Thackeray. First published as a series in January 1847 and published as a novel the following year. It was a novel about early-19th Century culture in England during the Napoleonic Wars. It's sub-title was A Novel without a Hero.
-What are you reading?
-I'm reading Thackeray's Vanity Fair
by Chrisman September 29, 2007
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