“If this is a novel without a hero, at least let us lay claim to a heroine”: Becky Sharp as the Feminine Analogue to the Masculine Heroic Ideal in Vanity Fair

November 12, 2014 / Ana Giovinazzo

Book: Vanity FairAuthor: William Makepeace ThackerayYear published: 1847-8Reading date: Fall 2012 — **Book:** *Vanity Fair*
**Author:** William Makepeace Thackeray
**Year published:** 1847-8
**Reading date:** Fall 2012

"It is in this way that the narrator serves as Rebecca’s champion to his readers, applauding her agency and depicting her as the antithesis of a woman. She knows what she wants and is able to capture it, which makes her, in his eyes, incredibly powerful—even stronger than a man."

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“If this is a novel without a hero, at least let us lay claim to a heroine”: Becky Sharp as the Feminine Analogue to the Masculine Heroic Ideal in Vanity Fair