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Vanity Fair
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: John Castle
- Length: 31 hrs and 1 min
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Set during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, this classic gives a satirical picture of a worldly society. The novel revolves around the exploits of the impoverished but beautiful and devious Becky Sharp who craves wealth and a position in society. Calculating and determined to succeed, she charms, deceives and manipulates everyone she meets. A novel of early 19th-century English society, it takes its title from the place designated as the centre of human corruption in John Bunyan's 17th-century allegory.
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The Best Narration, One of the Greats
- By James Abraham on 05-18-13
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Vanity Fair
- Narrated by: John Castle
- Length: 31 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 02-09-09
- Language: English
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Short Stories About a Deal with the Devil
- By: Leo Tolstoy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, and others
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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For an atheist it’s a great deal, though it does suggest atheism may have a weak point. For those of faith it’s a matter of jam now and purgatory tomorrow. A bargain many artists feel is something they can live with. For agnostics it’s usually a question of can the afterlife really be that bad, would workplace regulations reach all parts of heaven and hell. However, in this volume the terms are agreed and the Devil pays his fees and the character his dues, each happy to wait a few decades for the eternal payback.
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Short Stories About a Deal with the Devil
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 03-28-24
- Language: English
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The History of Henry Esmond
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 20 hrs and 26 mins
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Set in the reign of Queen Anne, Thackeray's novel follows the troubled progress of Henry Esmond Esq, a gentleman and an officer in Marlborough's army. Enamoured of the Jacobite Lady Castlewood and her wayward daughter Beatrix, he distinguishes himself in Marlborough's campaigns against Louis XIV, but comes to grief in an ingenious but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to depose George I in favour of the Old Pretender.
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The History of Henry Esmond
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 20 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 10-04-19
- Language: English
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Vanity Fair
- Penguin Classics
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Tom Bateman
- Length: 34 hrs and 29 mins
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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. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.
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The “Introduction” is a helpful addition
- By Nancy on 06-23-21
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Vanity Fair
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Tom Bateman
- Length: 34 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 11-26-20
- Language: English
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Vanity Fair
- A Novel without a Hero
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 32 hrs and 18 mins
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Vanity Fair, with its rich cast of characters, takes place on the snakes-and-ladders board of life. Amelia Sedley, daughter of a wealthy merchant, has a loving mother to supervise her courtship. Becky Sharp, an orphan, has to use her wit, charm, and resourcefulness to escape from her destiny as a governess. This she does ruthlessly, musing: "I think I could become a good woman, if I had £5,000 a year."
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OUTSTANDIN!!!! EVERY MOMENT A JOY TO LISTEN TO!
- By Healerchick on 01-29-14
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Vanity Fair
- A Novel without a Hero
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 32 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 03-06-13
- Language: English
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Vanity Fair
- A Novel Without a Hero
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 29 hrs and 51 mins
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Generally considered to be his masterpiece, Vanity Fair is Thackeray's resplendent social satire that exposes the greed and corruption raging in England during the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars. Subtitled "A Novel Without a Hero", it traces the changing fortunes of two unforgettable women: the scheming opportunist Becky Sharp, one of literature's most resourceful, engaging, and amoral heroines, and her foil, the faithful, naive Amelia Sedley.
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Superb Version --- Highly Recommended
- By Charles on 09-04-06
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Vanity Fair
- A Novel Without a Hero
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 29 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 03-27-06
- Language: English
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Barry Lyndon
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
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Like Tom Jones before him, Barry Lyndon is one of the most lively and roguish characters in English literature. He may now be best known through the colorful Stanley Kubrick film released in 1975, but it is Thackeray who, in true 19th-century style, shows him best.
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A masterful reading
- By BB on 06-14-14
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Barry Lyndon
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 01-08-13
- Language: English
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The Lock and Key Library: Old-Time English Stories
- Classic Mystery and Detective Stories
- By: Julian Hawthorne, Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and others
- Narrated by: John Rubinstein, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Lee, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
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Assembled and edited by Julian Hawthorne and first published in 1907, the Old Time English volume of The Lock and Key Library features ten classic mysteries and ghost stories by Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Thomas de Quincey, Charles Robert Maturin, Laurence Sterne, and William Makepeace Thackeray. This volume of The Lock and Key Library is sure to haunt and charm fans of ghost and detective mysteries alike.
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The Lock and Key Library: Old-Time English Stories
- Classic Mystery and Detective Stories
- Narrated by: John Rubinstein, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Lee, Arthur Morey, Justine Eyre, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 12-06-22
- Language: English
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Vanity Fair
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Philippe Duquenoy
- Length: 27 hrs and 51 mins
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Set in Regency England, Vanity Fair follows the lives of two young women from drastically different backgrounds. Becky Sharp is the daughter of a lowly art teacher while Amelia Sedley is the daughter of a wealthy investor. Although the two women are worlds apart in personality and background, Becky and Amelia become friends while in finishing school. When Amelia invites Becky to her family home, events are set in motion that result in both tragedy and fortune.
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Vanity Fair
- Narrated by: Philippe Duquenoy
- Length: 27 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 05-11-17
- Language: English
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W.M. Thackeray: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Vanity Fair, Barry Lyndon, The Newcomes, Pendennis & The Yellowplush Papers
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Emma Fielding, Toby Jones, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
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Best known today for his comic masterpiece, Vanity Fair, W. M. Thackeray was regarded in his time as the only rival to his contemporary, Charles Dickens. This collection includes a selection of his finest satirical fiction, as well as two fascinating programmes exploring his life and writings.
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W.M. Thackeray: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Vanity Fair, Barry Lyndon, The Newcomes, Pendennis & The Yellowplush Papers
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Emma Fielding, Toby Jones, Andrew Scott, Sheila Hancock, Adam Buxton, Maureen Lipman, full cast
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 09-29-22
- Language: English
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Vanity Fair [Tantor]
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 28 hrs and 41 mins
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Vanity Fair features two heroines: the faithful, loyal Amelia Sedley, and the beautiful and scheming social climber Becky Sharp. It also engages a huge cast of wonderful supporting characters as the novel spins from Miss Pinkerton's academy for young ladies to affairs of love and war on the Continent to liaisons in the dazzling ballrooms of London.
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Clever, Witty, Splendid and Wonderful
- By Joseph R on 10-21-09
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Vanity Fair [Tantor]
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 28 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 07-29-08
- Language: English
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Barry Lyndon
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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Barry Lyndon, first serialized in 1844, is a swashbuckling romp through the aristocratic Europe of the 18th century. The central character, a roguish Irishman, narrates most of the story in the first person, relating his adventures as a soldier in both the British and Prussian armies; as a gambler and confidence man under the guidance of his uncle, a practiced fraud; and as a fortune hunting gigolo in search of wealthy widows and heiresses.
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going back to the original
- By Brendan on 07-12-12
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Barry Lyndon
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 05-23-12
- Language: English
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Vanity Fair
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: William Makepeace
- Narrated by: Emma Fielding, Stephen Fry
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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Stephen Fry narrates this full-cast dramatisation of the famous Victorian comic novel, a portrait of English society and its mores, with Emma Fielding as Becky Sharp. Duration: 5 hours approx.
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Fantastic interpretation
- By Heather Hadlock on 01-03-19
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Vanity Fair
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Narrated by: Emma Fielding, Stephen Fry
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 11-03-16
- Language: English
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Vanity Fair
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 33 hrs and 59 mins
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Vanity Fair is a satirical novel of manners which takes place during, and in the decade after, the battle of Waterloo in 1815. The various scenes in the novel range across Europe and England. It was first published in serial form beginning in 1847. The work is by turns witty, scintillating, brutally realistic, tragic, humorous, and always fascinating. The title of the book stems from Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress”, where Vanity is a town along the pilgrim’s route, and which holds an eternal fair of the vanities. It is a place where people are ensnared by worldly things.
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Vanity Fair
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 33 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 10-12-18
- Language: English
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Vanity Fair
- Penguin English Library
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Penguin Classics presents William Makepeace Thackeray adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by Robert Hardy’s Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? Or, having it, is satisfied? 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.
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Delightful Performance and Solid Abridgement
- By Elizabeth Hopkins on 06-24-19
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Vanity Fair
- Penguin English Library
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 07-26-12
- Language: English
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Vanity Fair (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
- Length: 32 hrs and 52 mins
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Napoleon has England on edge. For the cunning and conniving Becky Sharp, it’s an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos and improve her lowly station. Her friend Amelia Sedley, a blue-blood pawn, affords Becky entrée into the moneyed class. As the guileless Amelia pines for a rakish soldier, the ruthless Becky climbs upward, setting the stage for a domestic battlefield of greed, ambition, deception, and dizzying reversals of love and fortune.
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Vanity Fair (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
- Length: 32 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 06-23-20
- Language: English
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Vanity Fair
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Jane Lapotaire
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Vanity Fair, with its rich cast of characters, takes place on the snakes-and-ladders board of life. Amelia Sedley, daughter of a wealthy merchant, has a loving mother to supervise her courtship. Becky Sharp, an orphan, has to use her wit, charm, and resourcefulness to escape from her destiny as a governess. This she does ruthlessly, musing: "I think I could become a good woman, if I had 5000 pounds a year."
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I know the problem
- By Joy on 02-02-12
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Vanity Fair
- Narrated by: Jane Lapotaire
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 12-29-02
- Language: English
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Vanity Fair
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff
- Length: 35 hrs and 9 mins
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One of the great Victorian novels by an author at the height of his powers, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of the calculating, upwardly-mobile Becky Sharp and her gentle, good-hearted friend Amelia Sedley as they leave their boarding school and embark upon their lives in Vanity Fair–the social-climbing, wealth-obsessed world of Regency England in the time of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Vanity Fair
- Narrated by: Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff
- Length: 35 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 02-02-23
- Language: English
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The Yellowplush Papers (Classic Serial)
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray, Stephen Wyatt - adaptation
- Narrated by: Adam Buxton, Full Cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
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Series of five comic tales by William Makepeace Thackeray, adapted by Stephen Wyatt, recounting the rise and fall of early-19th century footman Charles Yellowplush.
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A posh working class hero
- By Adeliese Baumann on 12-06-13
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The Yellowplush Papers (Classic Serial)
- Narrated by: Adam Buxton, Full Cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 05-09-13
- Language: English
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The Rose and the Ring
- By: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Narrated by: DJ Cardello
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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The Rose and The Ring is a satirical work of fantasy fiction by William Makepeace Thackeray, which was originally published in 1854. It is the tale of a fairy, a king of two kingdoms, their offspring, and an old woman. Set in the fictional countries of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, it criticizes the attitudes of the British upper class and challenges their ideals of beauty and marriage. The story revolves around the lives and fortunes of four royal cousins, Princesses Angelica and Rosalba, and Princes Bulbo and Giglio. The narrative is filled with humor.
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The Rose and the Ring
- Narrated by: DJ Cardello
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-21-20
- Language: English
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