Vanity Fair
British novelist, 1811–1863.
Vanity Fair is an 1847 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
On 4 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- First published
- Serialised 1847–48
- Length
- 720 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Class and society, Love story
Is Vanity Fair worth reading?
4 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture) and The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 47 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 10 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Vanity Fair
The edition we link to is the Wordsworth Editions paperback (1992), 720 pages.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions (paperback, 1992)
- Pages
- 720
- ISBN
- 9781853260193
How critics and readers rate Vanity Fair
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 53% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Vanity Fair
If you liked Vanity Fair, try Pride and Prejudice.
