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A novel without a hero

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From: New Straits Times
Date: 20010707
Author:Angela Soyza

Angela Soyza
New Straits Times
07-07-2001
A novel without a hero
Byline: Angela Soyza
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Section: Wordwise
Column: Classic cases

VANITY Fair, a witty and satiric portrait of English society, is William Makepeace Thackeray's most praised work.

First published as a serial under the title of Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society, it was later compiled and published as a novel with the subtitle A Novel without a Hero.
Indeed, there is no hero in this novel. All characters are examined and found to be wanting in some form or other. It is a novel about snobs and ...

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