(Hardback)

No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George.

(Paperback, First Edition, First ed.)

This deliciously droll satire lampoons the single-minded pursuit of riches by England's upper crust. A leisurely read, the novel is richly flavored with period detail of British society in the early 1800s.