![]() ![]() She is an adventuress, capable of brilliant improvisation when intrigue and sharp wit fail her in her materialistic designs, she does not hesitate to throw in her reserves of feminine charm and facile use of her sex. The story centres on the entertaining little minx, Becky Sharp, one of the great strong women in literature. ![]() It lampoons the foolishness of the higher echelons of society in Regency England that had grown fat and corrupt on easy prosperity. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811- 1863) is a rumbustious extravaganza of a novel, surreal, and satirical, providing an insightful view of life and manners in the Georgian Age. ‘The philosophy inherent in the novel and what I call the yogic question Thackeray posed-‘Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?’-is a timeless one, as much of a mystery today as it was in 1848.’ – Julian Fellowes, who adapted the novel for the screen in 2004. ![]() Vanity Fair David Stuart Davies looks at the latest TV adaptation of Thackeray’s classic novel. ![]()
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