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This inept foray into adaptation of vanity fair s rendition of one young woman s aspirations to life within the ranks of 19th century aristocracy and in particular the actor s portrayal of the heroine serves as a prime example of why such endeavors should remain in experienced hands. Rarely can a reader have been so hard put to find a single sympathetic character in a book. Amazon s vanity fair is worth visiting before the year is over if only for its wonderfully despicable protagonist becky sharp. Vanity fair season 1 25 2020 x ray.

Gwyneth hughes adaptation of thackeray s literary classic is. The seven episode drama series stars actress olivia cooke ready player one. Get the entertainment industry s must read newsletter. Christopher rosen is a contributing writer at vanity fair.

The series stars olivia cooke as becky sharp tom bateman as captain rawdon crawley and michael palin as the author william makepeace thackeray. Every month vanity fair curates the best and most notable original content and library titles coming to amazon prime video apple tv disney hbo max hulu peacock and showtime here s what. A period drama series adapted from william makepeace thackeray s classic novel. Waterloo and broadly satirising british society of the period via a set of convoluted relationships from friends and enemies to family and wider society with several interlinking romances gluing it all.

Austen may deal out the occasional pin prick but her social comedy remains well mannered and has a basic sweetness. Sign in to see videos available to you. Equaled only in failure by. Vanity fair will premiere on friday december 21 exclusively on amazon prime video in the us.

Prime video hello sign in. Vanity fair though nearly 200 years old is a startlingly modern novel still. In case you don t know the story vanity fair is a picaresque romp through regency england taking in the end of the napoleonic wars inc. Dec 22 2018 1 35 am streaming.

Olivia cooke is heroine becky sharp who attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of english society. Vanity fair is a 2018 historical drama miniseries based on the 1848 novel of the same name by william makepeace thackeray it was produced by mammoth screen and distributed by itv and amazon studios.