Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England. Like many novels of the time, Vanity Fair was published as a serial before being sold in book form; it was printed in 20 monthly parts between January 1847 and July 1848.

Thackeray meant the book to be not only entertaining but also instructive; this is shown both by the narrator of the book and in Thackeray's private correspondence. The novel is now remembered as a classic of English literature, though some critics claim that it has structural problems; Thackeray sometimes lost track of the huge scope of his work, mixing up characters' names and minor plot details. The number of allusions and references it contains can make it difficult for modern readers to follow. (32 hr 20 min)

Chapters

Chiswick Mall	17:37	Read by Michelle Crandall
In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign	22:53	Read by Michelle Crandall
Rebecca is in Presence of the Enemy	18:00	Read by Michelle Crandall
The Green Silk Purse	32:03	Read by Wendy G.
Dobbin of Ours	26:56	Read by Michelle Crandall
Vauxhall	30:46	Read by Michelle Crandall
Crawley of Queen’s Crawley	19:19	Read by Stacey Ford Osborne
Private and Confidential	30:09	Read by Graham Williams
Family Portraits	22:38	Read by Graham Williams
Miss Sharp Begins To Make Friends	18:57	Read by Graham Williams
Arcadian Simplicity	40:20	Read by Betsie Bush
Quite a Sentimental Chapter	24:08	Read by Betsie Bush
Sentimental and Otherwise	29:03	Read by Guntar
Miss Crawley at Home	45:01	Read by Guntar
In Which Rebecca’s Husband Appears for a Short Time	21:32	Read by Guntar
The Letter on the Pincushion	11:31	Read by Guntar
How Captain Dobbin Bought a Piano	20:43	Read by Guntar
Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought	32:03	Read by Michelle Crandall
Miss Crawley at Nurse	27:22	Read by Michelle Crandall
In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Messenger of Hymen	25:49	Read by Michelle Crandall
A Quarrel About an Heiress	26:23	Read by Chris Peterson
A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon	24:55	Read by Chris Peterson
Captain Dobbin Proceeds on His Canvass	17:25	Read by Chris Peterson
In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Down the Family Bible	36:24	Read by Chris Peterson
In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton	52:14	Read by Chris Peterson
Between London and Chatham	21:26	Read by Chris Peterson
In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment	17:36	Read by Chris Peterson
In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries	25:23	Read by Chris Peterson
Brussels	38:50	Read by Maureen S. O'Brien
The Girl I Left Behind Me	27:09	Read by Maureen S. O'Brien
In Which Jos Sedley Takes Care of His Sister	34:22	Read by Maureen S. O'Brien
In Which Jos Takes Flight, and the War Is Brought to a Close	14:03	Read by Maureen S. O'Brien
In Which Miss Crawley’s Relations Are Very Anxious About Her	22:00	Read by rachelellen
James Crawley’s Pipe is Put Out	36:29	Read by rachelellen
Widow and Mother	33:45	Read by Graham Williams
How to Live Well on Nothing a Year	24:58	Read by JemmaBlythe
The Subject Continued	48:33	Read by Monique
A Family in a Very Small Way	34:47	Read by chriss the girl
A Cynical Chapter	21:47	Read by Kymm Zuckert
In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family	22:18	Read by Bethany Simpson
In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors	30:01	Read by Bethany Simpson
Which Treats of the Osborne Family	20:06	Read by Chris Peterson
In Which the Reader has to Double the Cape	26:10	Read by Chris Peterson
A Round-about Chapter between London and Hampshire	28:18	Read by Chris Peterson
Between Hampshire and London	27:22	Read by Graham Williams
Struggles and Trials	24:20	Read by Graham Williams
Gaunt House	26:26	Read by Graham Williams
In Which the Reader Is Introduced to the Very Best of Company	30:49	Read by Dexnell Peters
In Which we Enjoy Three Courses and a Desert	19:50	Read by Cindy Scott Amero
Contains a Vulgar Incident	25:31	Read by hotchoccy
In Which a Charade Is Acted Which May or May Not Puzzle the Reader	59:00	Read by Graham Williams
In Which Lord Steyne Shows Himself In A Most Amiable Light	30:42	Read by Graham Williams
A Rescue And A Catastrophe	27:43	Read by Graham Williams
Sunday After the Battle	29:39	Read by Anne
In Which the Same Subject is Pursued	39:41	Read by Joyce Nussbaum
Georgy is Made a Gentleman	29:52	Read by Kymm Zuckert
Eothen	20:45	Read by Laurie Campbell
Our Friend the Major	28:18	Read by Laurie Campbell
The Old Piano	27:35	Read by Laurie Campbell
Returns to the Genteel World	15:51	Read by Bethany Simpson
In Which Two Lights Are Put Out	37:47	Read by Bethany Simpson
Am Rhein	27:56	Read by Bethany Simpson
In Which We Meet An Old Acquaintance	33:22	Read by Graham Williams
A Vagabond Chapter	49:08	Read by Graham Williams
Full of Business and Pleasure	23:08	Read by Graham Williams
Amantium Irae	44:43	Read by Chris Peterson
Which Contains Births, Marriages, and Deaths	58:52	Read by Anne

Reviews

great book

(5 stars)

emalog

Disregard my comment above, it was a technical issue. Greatly entertaining book, thank you!

(5 stars)

Liza K

Absolutely excellent! full of wit and brilliance