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 | | The novel Vanity Fair by British author William Makepeace Thackeray revolves around the misadventures of the cunning social climber Rebecca (Becky) Sharp, whom Thackeray uses to satirize the values of upper-class English society. |
 | | In this excerpt, Becky's blunt confrontations with her schoolmistress, Miss Pinkerton, are typical of her behavior throughout the novel. |
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