Oliver Twist Vs Vanity Fair

Following the Georgian Era, the beginning of the Victorian Era was marked the moment Queen Victoria, at the age of eighteen, was crowned as Queen of England in 1837; hence, the term “Victorian”. This era, known as an era of peace and prosperity, was characterized by their rapid development on all areas. Ranging from improvements in living standards to an increase in the population by nearly three times its initial amount, this period of time truly was a time of prosperity in England. Henceforth, all these transformations affected the country’s attitude and spirit in a positive way. As a matter of fact, the country’s optimistic approach had much to do with their favorable outcome. For instance, it was the Victorians that initialized of the

This novel tells the story of two women in the search of the luxury life in Vanity Fair, a place of success and welfare. Amelia Sedley, born in a wealthy family, and Rebecca Sharp, an orphan, leave their lives at Miss Pinkerton's academy on Chiswick Mall for a chance at accomplishing their dreams. Rebecca’s first attempt at the luxury life was to marry Joseph Medley, Amelia’s brother. However, George Osborne came in the way of her plans because he intended to marry Amelia and did not wish to have a governess as a sister-in-law, seeing as Rebecca had taken the position of governess at Queen’s Crawley. Moreover, Rebecca married Rawdon Crawley, however, his rich aunt disinherited him because of the marriage. Henceforth, William Dobbin, George Osborne’s friend, helped George marry Amelia, since his father had prohibited the marriage and disinherited him due to Amelia’s loss of fortune. Under those circumstances, both couples were left in a financial struggle, which led up to George’s death in Waterloo. It was thanks to William Dobbin’s anonymous contribution to her welfare that she was able to survive. Forthwith, both Amelia and Rebecca gave birth to sons. Rebecca turns to prostitution for extra money that she kept hidden from her husband, Rawdon Crawley. When discovered, Rawdon realized that money meant more to Rebecca than anything in the world, thus, he moved away and died of yellow fever. Amelia, now a widow, was left unable to take care of her son Georgy nor provide for her starving parents, leaving her no choice but to give up her son to his grandpa Osborne. They reconcile and Osborne signs his will with half his fortune to his grandson, as well providing for Amelia. After a couple of years, Rebecca meets up with Amelia,