The Short Version: The story of two young girls, Rebecca Sharp and Amelia Sedley, as they set off from the boarding school where they have just finished their studies and enter the great wide world.  Society batters them and exalts them both, nearly ruining dear Emmy while the saucy Becky Sharp clambers over nearly every obstacle.  In the meantime, there is a war with France and several inheritances argued about – it’s all just life, though. The Review: I do […]

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