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BeckySharpandAmeliaSedleytogetherleavetheshelterofMissPinkerton'sAcademyforYoungLadies.TheynowinhabittheinfinitelymorefascinatinganddangerousVanityFairwheretheonlystandardisworldlysucess.Becky,charmingandamoral,iswell-fittedforthefight;whjenanill-judgedbowlofpunchruinsherplansformarriage,herquickwitssoonfindarangeofalternatives.ButsweetandsentimentalAmeliaonlylongsforherworthlesssoldierlover.WilliamMakepeaceThackeray(1811-63),Englishnovelistandsatirist,Thackeraywasbestknownforhissatiricalandmoralisticstudiesofupper-classandmiddleclassEngland.HewasborninCalcuttainIndiain1811,theonlysonofanofficerintheEastIndiaCompany'sCivilService.