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Set in the early 19th century, Thackeray's satire of high society follows the fortunes of two young ladies from Miss Pinkerton's Academy: the ruthless social climber Becky and her sweet-tempered and less worldly friend Amelia. Macmillan Collector’s Library edition. Embossed linen covers and gilt-edged pages.

With the Napoleonic Wars as backdrop, Thackeray's great satire of materialistic society follows the fortunes of two young ladies from Miss Pinkerton's Academy: the orphaned, penniless, yet ruthless Becky Sharp; and Amelia Sedley, her less worldly friend, brought up in comfort and wealth and destined for neither. Slightly off-mint.

Thackeray’s classic follows the fortunes of clever, unscrupulous Becky Sharp and her innocent schoolfriend Amelia Sedley as they make their way through the corrupt, decadent society of Regency London against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.

Set around 1815, this great panorama of materialistic society follows the fortunes of two young ladies: the penniless, resourceful and ruthless Becky Sharp and her wealthy, but less worldly friend Amelia Sedley. Read by Georgina Sutton. Unabridged.