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Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
I didn't realize until I read more books written in the 19th Century that these Regency-era authors are shady and snide AF. I really enjoyed the gimlet eye of our unreliable and snarky narrator and their pragmatically dark view of human nature.
This book is as much fun as gossip, and Becky Sharp is a tremendous anti-hero, on the make at all times, ready to take advantage of any situation, thereby exposing the futility and joylessness of just trying to ascend the social ladder - where's the fun in performing a role if it only means you need to fake it harder? And also exposing how easy we are to fool when being fooled lets us see ourselves in a more positive light.
This book is as much fun as gossip, and Becky Sharp is a tremendous anti-hero, on the make at all times, ready to take advantage of any situation, thereby exposing the futility and joylessness of just trying to ascend the social ladder - where's the fun in performing a role if it only means you need to fake it harder? And also exposing how easy we are to fool when being fooled lets us see ourselves in a more positive light.