Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by English author
William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1847–48,
satirising society in early 19th-century Britain. It follows the lives of two women, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, amid their friends and family. The novel is now considered a classic, and has inspired several
film adaptations. In 2003,
Vanity Fair was listed at #122 on the BBC's
The Big Read poll of the UK's best-loved books.