这部小说通过对贝基·夏普一生的描写，反映了英国贵族社会的无情与黑暗。贝基·夏普因为无法忍受社会上的歧视，所以利用自己的美貌与智慧去争取更高的社会地位。她勇敢地挑战父...

When Vanity Fair was published in 1847—1848, Thackeray’s contemporary reviewers and novelists appreciated the brilliance of the novel. John Forster, an English biographer, historian, critic, and journalist wrote, “Vanity Fair is the wo...