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1、VanityFairVanityFairwaspublishedinnumbers1847~8,illustratedbytheauthorhimself.ABriefIntroductionThestoryissetatthetimeoftheNapoleonicwars,andgivesasatiricalpictureofaworldlysociety,whichThackerayintendedtobeappliedalsotohisowntimes.Itfollowsthefortunesoftwos
2、harplycontrastedcharacters.2021/7/161Rebecca(Becky)SharpisthepennilessorphaneddaughterofanartistandaFrenchoperadancer,andAmeliaSedleyistheshelteredchildofarichCitymerchant.Thetwogirls,asunlikeincharacterastheyareinfortune,havebeeneducatedatMissPinkerton'sAca
3、demyforyoungladies.2021/7/162Becky,havingfailedtoforceaproposalofmarriagefromAmelia'sbrotherJos,becomesgovernesstothechildrenofSirPittCrawley,acoarse,brutaloldmanwhobullieshisfadingsecondwife.BeckymanagestocharmtheCrawleyfamily,andbecomesafavouriteofMissCraw
4、ley,SirPitt'srichandcapricioussister.2021/7/163WhenhiswifediesSirPittproposestoBecky,butshehastoconfessthatsheisalreadymarried,tohisyoungersonRawdon.ThecoupleabruptlyfallfromfavourwithMissCrawley,andhavetoliveonBecky'swits.Amelia'sapparentlysecurelifehasbeen
5、disrupted.Herfatherhaslostallhismoney,andherengagementtoGeorgeOsborne,thehandsomebutvainandshallowsonofanotherCitymagnate,hasbeenbrokenoffinconsequence.2021/7/164Mr.OsbornedisinheritshissonGeorge,Rawdon,andDobbinareallinthearmy,andAmeliaandBeckyaccompanythei
6、rhusbandstoBelgium,whereBeckycarriesonanintriguewithGeorge.GeorgeiskilledatWaterloo,andAmelia,withherbabysonGeorgy,goestoliveinpovertywithherparents.WilliamDobbin,George'sawkward,loyalfriend,whoissecretlyinlovewithAmelia,persuadesGeorgetodefyhisfatherandgoon
7、withthemarriage.2021/7/165Amelia'sdevotiontohersoniscontrastedwithBecky'sneglectofhers,butsheisfinallyforcedbypovertytopartwithGeorgytohisgrandfather.Dobbin,despairingofeverwinningAmelia'slove,forsheisdedicatedtothememoryofherhusband,hasspenttenyearsinIndia.
8、2021/7/166BeckyandRawdonmanagetomakeabrilliantdisplayinLondonsocietyon“nothingayear.”BeckyandRawdonpartafterRawdonhasdiscoveredhiswifeinacompromisingsituationwithLordSteyne,whohas,itturnsout,bee