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1、Vanity Fair●Background●Content●Characters●LiterarysignificanceandcriticismHistoricalContextThenovelisbasedonBritishupper-middlesocietyinnineteenthcentury.Britainhasstrong,developedindustryandcommerce,andmerchantswhobecamerichbyexploitingcolonistsdominatethesociety.Brita
2、inwasatwarwithFrance,whichisthebattleofWaterloo.Allthepeopleamongtheupper-middlesocietyscrambledforfame,wealthandpower.PublicationVanityFair:ANovelwithoutaHeroisanovelbyWilliamMakepeaceThackeray,firstpublishedin1847–48,satirizingsocietyinearly19th-centuryBritain.Thebook
3、'stitlecomesfromJohnBunyan'sallegoricalstoryThePilgrim'sProgress.Vanityfairreferstoastopalongthepilgrim'sprogress:anever-endingfairheldinatowncalledVanity,whichismeanttorepresentman'ssinfulattachmenttoworldlythings.ContentofthenovelAmeliaSedley,ofgoodfamily,andRebeccaSh
4、arp,anorphan,leaveMissPinkerton'sacademyonChiswickMalltoliveouttheirlivesinVanityFair.RebeccafirstattemptstoenterthesacreddomainofVanityFairbyinducingJosephSedley,Amelia'sbrother,tomarryher.RebeccatakesapositionasgovernessatQueen'sCrawley,andmarriesRawdonCrawley.Butbeca
5、useofhismarriage,Rawdon'srichauntdisinheritshim.AsafriendofGeorgeOsborne,WilliamDobbinbecomestheinstrumentforgettingGeorgetomarryAmelia.GeorgediesatWaterloo.AmeliawouldhavestarvedbutforWilliamDobbin'sanonymouscontributiontoherwelfare.BothRebeccaandAmeliagivebirthtosons.
6、WhenshebecomesthefavoriteofthegreatLordSteyne,sheaccumulatesbothmoneyanddiamonds.Butshehidesmuchofherloot.InthemeantimeinnocentRawdondrawsclosertoLadyJane,wifeofRawdon'solderbrother,Pitt,whohasinheritedfromtherichaunt.WhenRawdondiscoversRebeccainhertreachery,helefther.B
7、ecauseherparentsarestarvingandshecanneitherprovideforthemnorgivelittleGeorgywhatshethinksheneeds,AmeliagivesuphersontohisgrandfatherOsborne.WilliamDobbincomesbackfromtheservice,reconcilesoldOsbornetoAmelia,whereatOsbornemakesawillleavingGeorgyhalfofhisfortuneandprovidin
8、gforAmelia.Rebecca,havinglosttherespectabilityofahusband,wandersinEuropeforacoupleofyearsandfinallymeetsJoseph
