vanity fair
a place characterized by frivolity, excessive display of how fancy this place is, and pretentious.
it comes from the the book pilgrim’s progress, where there was a fair in a town called vanity. later on, there was a book called vanity fair, and that’s when it became a common term.
i got invited to a party at my friend martha’s house. you know, the rich girl who’s related to the queen? anyway, the party was a vanity fair.
what movie should we see? i’m thinking of seeing vanity fair. it’s based on a novel i had to read in high school.
vanity fair was a novel written by william thackeray. first published as a series in january 1847 and published as a novel the following year. it was a novel about early-19th century culture in england during the napoleonic wars. it’s sub-t-tle was a novel without a hero.
-what are you reading?
-i’m reading thackeray’s vanity fair
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