虚栄の市〈一〉 (岩波文庫) [文庫]

英国はナポレオンに勝利した．だが戦争未亡人アミーリアは零落した実家で息子だけを生き甲斐とする毎日．孫をめぐる婚家の画策と母子を見守る夫の親友ドビン．一方ベッキーは夫も息子も顧みず社交界を泳ぎ回り，大富豪スタイン侯爵に近づくが…．傑作長篇，今回はいよいよ，悪事「露見」の名場面まで．新訳．（全4冊）
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一九世紀初頭ロンドン。烈女ベッキーと淑女アミーリアが女学校を去る。渡る世間は物欲肉欲・俗物根性犇く「虚栄の市」。貴族や有産階級の姿を鏡にさらす英国版『戦争と平和』。作者の挿絵、筋運び、語り口―心憎いまで第一級のクラシック・エンタテインメント。

This edition of one of the greatest social satires of the English language reproduces the text of the Oxford Thackeray and includes all of Thackeray's own illustrations.
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Set during the Napoleonic wars, Vanity Fair (1847-8) famously satirizes worldly society. The novel revolves around the exploits of the impoverished but beautiful and devious Becky Sharp, and Amelia Sedley, pampered child of a rich City merchant. Despite the differences in their fortunes and characters, they find their lives entangled from childhood. As Becky's maneuvering ingratiates her with high society, the financial ruin of Amelia's father forces Amelia into poverty. Destiny, of course, has further adventures in store for both women, whose lives Thackeray (1811-63) uses as theatres for the whims and foibles of their contemporaries.
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Pat Rogers teaches at the University of South Florida.
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