Vanity Fair is a movie directed by Mira Nair in 2004 and based on the book Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1848. The movie features Reese Witherspoon, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Bob Hoskins, Romola Garai, and others.
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Storyline
In 1802 United Kingdom, Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of an impoverished painter, has just finished her studies at Miss Pinkerton’s School for Girls and has been offered a position as governess to the daughters of Sir Pitt Crawley. Before she begins her position she travels to London with her close friend Amelia Sedley to stay with the Sedley family.
Movie vs Book
Year
2004
Minutes
141
Movie Rate
6.20
Source: IMDb
Year
1848
Pages
867
Book Rate
7.58
S: Goodreads
Book
Vanity Fair
Original title: Vanity Fair: Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society
Subtitle: A Novel without a Hero
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Country: UK
First published in: 1848
Length: 867 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Mini-Series by Marc Munden
TV Mini-Series by Gwyneth Hughes
User polls & recommendations
“I was impressed with Lynch's Dune, but it was not what I had dreamed of. I'll go back to the book and to the images that came out when I read it.”
DENIS VILLENEUVE (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter)
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