Vanity Fair《名利场》

                   索书号：H319.4/1522/2/1

About the Author

William Thackeray（威廉·萨克雷，1811-1863）isa veryfamousEnglish novelist of the 19th century.He is famous for hissatiricalnovels likeVanity Fair《名利场》andBarry Lyndon《乱世儿女》.

Highlights

★Although schoolmistresses’letters are to be trusted no more nor less than churchyard epitaphs; yet, as it sometimes happens that a person departs his life，who is really deserving of all the praises the stone-cutter carves over his bones; who is a good Christian，a good parent，child，wife or husband; who actually does leave a disconsolate family to morn his loss... 一般说来，校长的信和墓志铭一样靠不住。不过偶然也有几个死人当得起石匠刻在他们朽骨上的好话，真的是虔诚的教徒，慈爱的父母，孝顺的儿女，尽职的丈夫，贤良的妻子，他们家里的人也真的哀思绵绵地追悼他们。

Review

萨克雷借用班扬的比喻，无非是要提醒世人：早被班扬抨击过的“名利场”不但依然存在，而且有愈演愈烈的趋势。说它“愈演愈烈”，是因为商品在萨克雷的年代已经酿成了“文化”，即侵占并阉割了整个社会的想象力。

——殷企平（杭州师范大学外国语学院院长，世界文学与比较文学专业博士生导师）

想钻进去的那个人，最后被人淡忘，想逃脱的那个人，最后收获了幸福，想追寻的那个人，最后追寻的跟想要的有偏差，世事就是这么捉弄人的。

——读者心声

Introduction

This novel talks about different lives of two women,Rebecca Sharp andAmelia Sedley.They are like the different choices when we stand on the countless times at the crossroads of life, you will be“Rebecca Sharp”or the“Amelia Sedley”? How about reading this book and givingme the answer then？

                                    编辑：外国语学院13英三 刘嘉敏

                                     指导老师：外国语学院姚小文