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Features: Vanity Fair is the masterpiece of the great British realist writer and humorist,, and a work that brought him worldwide fame. Vanity Fair (Volume 1 and 2) features the main character, Miss Rebecca, who is of humble origins and faces discrimination in society. She uses various schemes, even seduction and currying favor with the powerful and wealthy, to climb the social ladder by any means. This character is neither evil nor virtuous, but deeply human and entirely a product of her time. The work sharply satirizes the various ugly phenomena in the "" where conscience and honor are bartered, and excels in using profound psychological descriptions and vivid details to portray characters, making it a masterpiece of realism.