Introduction |
The Composition and Publication of Vanity Fair |
Note on the Text |
Thackeray as Illustrator |
A Chronology of Thackeray's Life and Works |
Before the Curtain |
Chiswick Mall / Chapter I: |
In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign / Chapter II: |
Rebecca is in Presence of the Enemy / Chapter III: |
The Green Silk Purse / Chapter IV: |
Dobbin of Ours* / Chapter V: |
Vauxhall / Chapter VI: |
Crawley of Queen's Crawley / Chapter VII: |
Private and Confidential / Chapter VIII: |
Family Portraits / Chapter IX: |
Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends / Chapter X: |
Arcadian Simplicity / Chapter XI: |
Quite a Sentimental Chapter / Chapter XII: |
Sentimental and Otherwise / Chapter XIII: |
Miss Crawley at Home / Chapter XIV: |
In Which Rebecca's Husband Appears for a Short Time / Chapter XV: |
The Letter on the Pincushion / Chapter XVI: |
How Captain Dobbin Bought a Piano / Chapter XVII: |
Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought ? / Chapter XVIII: |
Miss Crawley at Nurse / Chapter XIX: |
In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Messenger of Hymen / Chapter XX: |
A Quarrel About an Heiress / Chapter XXI: |
A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon / Chapter XXII: |
Captain Dobbin Proceeds on His Canvass / Chapter XXIII: |
In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Down the Family Bible / Chapter XXIV: |
In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton / Chapter XXV: |
Between London and Chatham / Chapter XXVI: |
In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment / Chapter XXVII: |
In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries / Chapter XXVIII: |
Brussels / Chapter XXIX: |
'the Girl I Left Behind Me' / Chapter XXX: |
In Which Jos Sedley Takes Care of His Sister / Chapter XXXI: |
In Which Jos Takes Flight, and the War is Brought to a Close / Chapter XXXII: |
In Which Miss Crawley's Relations Are Very Anxious About Her / Chapter XXXIII: |
James Crawley's Pipe is Put Out / Chapter XXXIV: |
Widow and Mother / Chapter XXXV: |
How to Live Well on Nothing a Year / Chapter XXXVI: |
The Subject Continued / Chapter XXXVII: |
A Family in a Very Small Way / Chapter XXXVIII: |
A Cynical Chapter / Chapter Xxxix: |
In Which Becky is Recognized by the Family / Chapter XL: |
In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors / Chapter XLI: |
Which Treats of the Osborne Family / Chapter XLII: |
In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape / Chapter XLIII: |
A Roundabout Chapter Between London and Hampshire / Chapter XLIV: |
Between Hampshire and London / Chapter XLV: |
Struggles and Trials / Chapter XLVI: |
Gaunt House / Chapter XLVII: |
In Which the Reader is Introduced to the Very Best of Company / Chapter XLVIII: |
In Which We Enjoy Three Courses and a Dessert / Chapter Xlix: |
Contains a Vulgar Incident / Chapter L: |
In Which a Charade is Acted Which May or May Not Puzzle the Reader / Chapter LI: |
In Which Lord Steyne Shows Himself in a Most Amiable Light / Chapter LII: |
A Rescue and a Catastrophe / Chapter LIII: |
Sunday After the Battle / Chapter Liv: |
In Which the Same Subject is Pursued / Chapter LV: |
Georgy is Made a Gentleman / Chapter LVI: |
Eothen* / Chapter LVII: |
Our Friend the Major / Chapter LVIII: |
The Old Piano / Chapter LIX: |
Returns to the Genteel World / Chapter LX: |
In Which Two Lights Are Put Out / Chapter LXI: |
Am Rhein / Chapter LXII: |
In Which We Meet an Old Acquaintance / Chapter LXIII: |
A Vagabond Chapter / Chapter LXIV: |
Full of Business and Pleasure / Chapter LXV: |
Amantium Irae* / Chapter LXVI: |
Which Contains Births, Marriages, and Deaths / Chapter LXVII: |
Explanatory Notes |
Introduction |
The Composition and Publication of Vanity Fair |
Note on the Text |