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The love story of Henry Esmond is charged with sombre, unconscious emotions, yet is skilfully embedded into historical events which are convincing but never too prominent.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201396965554,"sku":"9780140430493","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780140430493_0ae9f140-6c6e-40c1-bc6e-6c705065b0a0.jpg?v=1786011432"},{"product_id":"9780141199542","title":"Vanity Fair","description":"\u003cb\u003eWilliam Makepeace Thackeray's classic tale of class, society, and corruption, soon to be an Amazon mini-series starring Olivia Cooke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo 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—military and domestic—are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57688227840373,"sku":"9780141439839","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":43201490550962,"sku":"9780141199542","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141439839_130aaeb1-6a98-4a95-acda-d830181de1d6.jpg?v=1792686167"},{"product_id":"9780393965957","title":"Vanity Fair – A Norton Critical Edition","description":"\"Backgrounds and Contexts\" is arranged under three headings.  \"Composition and Publication History\" combines modern scholarship with contemporary materials to elucidate the novel's composition and publication history and present different aspects of Thackeray's life and work. \"Reception\" reprints ten contemporary reviews, both published and unpublished, that suggest the tone of Vanity Fair's initial reception. \"Contexts\" includes materials relating to governesses, historical novels, the Battle of Waterloo and the military, bankruptcy, regency fashions, and the London landscape, all of which figure prominently in the novel.   \"Criticism\" is a collection of nine essays written between 1900 and 1990 that reveal the developing response to Vanity Fair.  William C. 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A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56288579944821,"sku":"9780393965957","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780393965957_4c814eb8-478d-442c-8ec2-2a2b7d84161c.jpg?v=1786013900"},{"product_id":"9781405862370","title":"Level 3: Vanity Fair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWell-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePearson English Readers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThrough the imagination of some of the world’s greatest authors, the English language comes to life in pages of our Readers. 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