Vanity Fair

No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success thanthe alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp who defies her impoverished backgroundto clam... » 

No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success thanthe alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp who defies her impoverished backgroundto clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion amelia howeverlongs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their waythrough the tawdry glamour of Regency society battles military and domestic are fought fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figurein this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia bringing pathosand depth to Thackerays gloriously satirical epic of love and socialadventure. «