Vanity Fair Analysis
Behold! Here comes another A-star two-volume classic and yet another meandering review from a blabbermouthy armchair critic. Okay it’s getting meandering already. It’s been several months since the last time I got down to writing a review, and at present I feel like purging myself of all the accumulated thoughts I’ve had on Vanity Fair for some time now. Overall feelings-wise, the case of Vanity Fair is pretty much similar to that of Wuthering Height. I felt struggled to carry on turning each page only to realize soon after I had just finished reading such masterpieces.
Matter-of-factly it is my dad who recommended this novel to me with an intention to better my manner and ettiquete. By the same token, it was natural for me to expect some
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