An Analysis of the Tragedy in Vanity Fair from Becky and Amelia 英语专业论文.docVIP

An Analysis of the Tragedy in Vanity Fair from Becky and Amelia I. Thackeray and His Masterpiece Vanity Fair 1.1Thackeray:“The Legitimate High Priest of Truth Thackeray was born in Calcutta of India, the son of Richmond Thackeray, a collector in the East Indian Company’s service. Thackeray had a luxurious childhood, but his father died when he was three, and he was sent home to England in 1817 to rejoin his mother, who married again in 1820. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, but without taking a degree. Later he studied painting and began his career in journalism for a weekly pap