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A review by blearywitch
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
5.0
Finally! The problem with having so many books I want to read is that it takes time to get to them but now after seven years on my shelf, I have finally enjoyed the very clever and witty satirical genius of Thackeray. There has been emotional moments, laugh out loud moments, frustrations, and wondering aloud moments. Those names are ridddddiculous while some of the descriptions and scenes will induce uncontrollable snorts of mirth.
"All the world used her ill, said this young misanthropist, and we may be pretty certain that persons whom all the world treats ill deserve entirely the treatment they get. The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion; and so let all ypung persons take their choice." Pg.8
"...Let them show ever so little inclination, and men go down on their knees at once; old or ugly, it is all the same. ... A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES." Pg.22
"Mofy! Is that your snum? I'll gully the dag and bimbole the clicky in a snuffkin."
"Nuffle your clod, and beladle your glumbanions. This way, men; if they screak, out with your snickers, and slick!" Pg.41
"Be cautious, then, young ladies; be wary how you engage. Be shy of loving frankly; never tell all you feel, or (a better way still) feel very little. See the consequences of being prematurely honest and confiding, and mistrust yourselves and everybody. Get yourselves married as they do in France, where the lawyers are the bridesmaids and confidants. At any rate, never have any feelings which make you uncomfortable, or make any promises which you cannot at any required moment command and withdraw. That is the way to get on, and be respected, and have a virtuous character in Vanity Fair."
Becky Sharp is the Anna Delvey of 1800s!
Lord Steyne is appointed at court as Lord of the Powder Closet?! LMAO
Thackeray makes fun of the characters by giving them names like Princess Amelia of Humbourg-Schlippenschloppen because she doesn't mean what she says - she told Jos she loves him and told Emmy that to be her sister is the greatest delight in heaven but turns around to marry Prince Pumpernickel. Haha!
"All the world used her ill, said this young misanthropist, and we may be pretty certain that persons whom all the world treats ill deserve entirely the treatment they get. The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion; and so let all ypung persons take their choice." Pg.8
"...Let them show ever so little inclination, and men go down on their knees at once; old or ugly, it is all the same. ... A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES." Pg.22
"Mofy! Is that your snum? I'll gully the dag and bimbole the clicky in a snuffkin."
"Nuffle your clod, and beladle your glumbanions. This way, men; if they screak, out with your snickers, and slick!" Pg.41
"Be cautious, then, young ladies; be wary how you engage. Be shy of loving frankly; never tell all you feel, or (a better way still) feel very little. See the consequences of being prematurely honest and confiding, and mistrust yourselves and everybody. Get yourselves married as they do in France, where the lawyers are the bridesmaids and confidants. At any rate, never have any feelings which make you uncomfortable, or make any promises which you cannot at any required moment command and withdraw. That is the way to get on, and be respected, and have a virtuous character in Vanity Fair."
Becky Sharp is the Anna Delvey of 1800s!
Lord Steyne is appointed at court as Lord of the Powder Closet?! LMAO
Thackeray makes fun of the characters by giving them names like Princess Amelia of Humbourg-Schlippenschloppen because she doesn't mean what she says - she told Jos she loves him and told Emmy that to be her sister is the greatest delight in heaven but turns around to marry Prince Pumpernickel. Haha!