Project Gutenberg 2007-03-20 Public domain in the USA. 107 Thackeray, William Makepeace 1811 1863 Titmarsh, Michael Angelo Thackeray, W. M. Titmarsh, M. A. Thackeray, William M. Guiffrey, Georges 1827 1887 Guiffrey, Georges Maurice La foire aux vanités, Tome II Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(novel) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Foire_aux_vanit%C3%A9s Translation of Vanity Fair, Vol. 2. Produced by Pierre Lacaze, Ralph Janke, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "La foire aux vanités, Tome II" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a novel written in the mid-19th century. This work continues the examination of societal ambitions and relationships in Victorian England, focusing on characters like Rawdon Crawley and Miss Crawley as they navigate family dynamics, social aspirations, and the juxtaposition of military glory against personal ambitions. At the start of the second volume, the narrative shifts back to the domestic sphere of the Crawley family, juxtaposing the distant battlefield with their lives in Brighton. Miss Crawley enjoys the accolades of her nephew Rawdon, who has gained prominence after the battle of Waterloo, while her companions express both admiration and disdain for his choices, particularly his marriage to the opera singer, Rebecca. The opening scenes reveal the tension within the Crawley family as they vie for Miss Crawley’s affection and financial favor, with her health and willpower in decline, setting the stage for deeper explorations of their ambitions, relationships, and the societal norms of their time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Satire England -- Fiction Married women -- Fiction Female friendship -- Fiction Social classes -- Fiction British -- Europe -- Fiction Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Fiction PR Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: British Literature 1133647 2025-07-09T03:46:09.241473 text/html 1110996 2007-03-20T09:52:02 text/html 524991 2025-07-09T03:46:22.420339 application/epub+zip 538473 2025-07-09T03:46:13.280406 application/epub+zip 519830 2025-07-09T03:46:11.652485 application/epub+zip 954656 2025-07-09T03:46:30.128821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 874572 2025-07-09T03:46:21.131352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 833735 2022-09-10T04:34:54.627637 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1080781 2025-07-09T03:46:07.529478 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1052865 2007-03-20T09:51:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22307 2025-07-09T03:46:30.264798 application/rdf+xml 16445 2025-07-09T03:46:12.171387 image/jpeg 3952 2025-07-09T03:46:11.914385 image/jpeg 403103 2007-03-20T09:52:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 416172 2007-03-20T09:52:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 500565 2025-07-09T03:46:09.335397 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia