Vanity Fair
A satirical panorama of upper-middle-class life and manners in London at the beginning of the nineteenth century featuring Becky Sharp, who must use all her wit, charm, and considerable sex appeal to escape her drab destiny as a governess.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1270
subjects: governesses, married women, social classes, female friendship, british, england, london (england) [X], women, waterloo, battle of, waterloo, belgium, 1815
Our Mutual Friend
At the Boffin mansion, built on the fortune amassed from old Mr. Harmon's dust heaps, and at the Veneerings' superior dinner-table Dickens creates glorious comic satire.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1090
subjects: deception, poor families, social classes, city life, businessmen and businesswomen, inheritance and succession, disguise, london (england) [X]