2025 challenge: one #book a

Day 195: #VanityFair by #WilliamMakepeaceThackeray

“A #novel without a #hero”? True but with 1 helluva #anti-heroine: #BeckySharp, a #girl who’ll do anything to raise her #status. #AmeliaSedley, on the other hand, is meek & good. A merciless critique of #EnglishSociety.

Amelia and Dobbin Years ago, I read William Makepeace Thackery’s “Vanity Fair” and Amelia and Dobbin became my OTP (one true pairing) for that book. Despite Thackery’s insistence that the book had no hero or heroine…

The course of true love never did run smooth... #vanityfair #williammakepeacethackery #classicliterature #englishliterature #ameliasedley #williamdobbin

When you are reading a good novel about an unlikable protagonist purposefully #vanityfair #beckysharp #ameliasedley #handdrawn #litart