Thackeray / Lapotaire Vanity Fair CD

Vanity Fair, with it's rich cast of characters, takes place on the snakes-and-ladders board of life. Amelia Sedley, daughter of a wealthy merchant, has a loving mother to supervise her courtship. Becky Sharp, an orphan, has to use her wit, charm, and resourcefulness to escape from her destiny as a governess. This she does ruthlessly, musing ‘I think I could become a good woman, if I had £5000 a year. Thackeray's story is set at the time of the battle of Waterloo, in which the Sedley fortunes are lost—and Amelia is back to square one—while Becky rises wit.

1. Farewell to Chiswick Mall 2. Rebecca Sharp 3. Collector of Boggley Wollah 4. Four Young Persons 5. Visit to Vauxhall 6. Effect of Rack Punch 7. Sir Pitt Crawley 8. Alone in the World 9. Reletives at the Rectory 10. News from Humdrum Hall 11. Man of Honor 12. Miss Crawley's New Nurse 13. Presentable Person 14. Married; You're Joking! 15. Great Crash 16. Black Browed Tyrant 17. Under the Hammer 18. Married and Happy 19. Dobbin's Secret 20. Miss Crawley's Joke 21. Peggy O'Dowd 22. Ostend 23. Visit to the Opera 24. Snake Among the Flowers 25. Joseph in Danger 26. Almost Mad with Grief 27. Pas de Chevaux, Sacr??Bleu! 28. Rumours Went from Mouth to Mouth 29. Two Births and a Death 30. Dobbin Delivers a Letter 31. Nothing a Year 32. Little Rawdon 33. News from India 34. Funeral at Queen's Crawley 35. Glorvina 36. Position in Society 37. Finest Boy in England 38. In Arrears 39. Lord Steyne's Generosity 40. Starved Out 41. In the Hands of the Bailiffs 42. I Am Innocent 43. Brothers 44. We'll Put a Bullet in Him! 45. Everthing Is Against Me! 46. Announcement to the Press 47. Miniature 48. Dobbin on the Mend 49. England Again 50. Reunion 51. Jos's Carriage Arrived One Day 52. Good Fortune Smiles on Amelia 53. Honest Feller 54. Summer Tour 55. Lady in the Mask 56. Vagabond Upon This Earth 57. Old Tricks 58. Emmy Does Her Duty 59. Bigliette, Eccolo Qua! 60. It Was Time You Sent for Me