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Vanity fair  Cover Image Book Book

Vanity fair / William Thackeray ; retold by Pauline Francis.

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 Vanity fair, (author.). Francis, Pauline, (adaptor.).

Summary:

"Becky Sharp works at a shcool for young ladies until, at the age of seventeen, she is given a job as a governess. Her friend Amelia comes from a rich family and is in love with an army officer. Becky has no family and no money, but she is a very strong young woman. What will the future be for these two friends? Will they marry well and be happy? Or will life be unkind to them?"-- back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780582426931
  • ISBN: 0582426936
  • Physical Description: vii, 54 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: New edition.
  • Publisher: Harlow : Pearson Education, 2000.
Subject: Self-interest > Fiction.
High interest-low vocabulary books.
English language > Study and teaching as a second language.
English language > Readers.
Readers (Adult)
Governesses > England > History > 19th century > Fiction.
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers.
Female friendship > England > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Readers for new literates.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Fiction.
Debt > History > 19th century > Fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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Summary: "Becky Sharp works at a shcool for young ladies until, at the age of seventeen, she is given a job as a governess. Her friend Amelia comes from a rich family and is in love with an army officer. Becky has no family and no money, but she is a very strong young woman. What will the future be for these two friends? Will they marry well and be happy? Or will life be unkind to them?"--

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