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Vanity Fair written by William Thackeray performed by Edward Petherbridge on CD (Abridged)

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ISBN: 5015054002127
Genre - Main: Fiction
Genre - Specific: Classic English
Duration: 150 mins
Length: Abridged
Author: William Thackeray
Performer 1: Edward Petherbridge

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A Genius Performance by Edward Petherbridge!

The Regency world is a commercial landscape, motivated by greed and materialism, in which the narrator is more than a mere observer.

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