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Tables of Contents for Vanity Fair
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Abbreviations
viii
Introduction
ix
Chronology of Thackeray's Life and Works
xxxiii
Select Reading List
xxxvi
A Note on the Text
xxxviii
VANITY FAIR
Before the Curtain
5
2
Chiswick Mall
7
8
In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley prepare to open the Campaign
15
10
Rebecca is in Presence of the Enemy
25
8
The Green Silk Purse
33
14
Dobbin of Ours
47
12
Vauxhall
59
14
Crawley of Queen's Crawley
73
9
Private and Confidential
82
10
Family Portraits
92
8
Miss Sharp begins to make Friends
100
7
Arcadian Simplicity
107
16
Quite a Sentimental Chapter
123
9
Sentimental and Otherwise
132
13
Miss Crawley at Home
145
20
In which Rebecca's Husband appears for a Short Time
165
10
The Letter on the Pincushion
175
10
How Captain Dobbin bought a Piano
185
9
Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin bought?
194
14
Miss Crawley at Nurse
208
12
In Which Captain Dobbin acts as the Messenger of Hymen
220
11
A Quarrel about an Heiress
231
10
A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon
241
10
Captain Dobbin Proceeds on his Canvass
251
7
In which Mr. Osborne takes down the Family Bible
258
15
In which all the Principal Personages think fit to leave Brighton
273
21
Between London and Chatham
294
9
In which Amelia joins Her Regiment
303
7
In which Amelia invades the Low Countries
310
10
Brussels
320
14
'The Girl I left behind Me'
334
11
In which Jos Sedley takes Care of his Sister
345
13
In which Jos takes Flight, and the War is brought to a Close
358
18
In which Miss Crawley's Relations are very anxious about Her
376
12
James Crawley's Pipe is put out
388
18
Widow and Mother
406
12
How to live well on Nothing a Year
418
10
The Subject Continued
428
16
A Family in a very Small Way
444
16
A Cynical Chapter
460
10
In which Becky is recognized by the Family
470
10
In which Becky revisits the Halls of her Ancestors
480
13
Which treats of the Osborne Family
493
9
In which the Reader has to double the Cape
502
10
A Roundabout Chapter between London and Hampshire
512
12
Between Hampshire and London
524
10
Struggles and Trials
534
9
Gaunt House
543
10
In which the Reader is introduced to the very best of Company
553
13
In which we enjoy three Courses and a Dessert
566
9
Contains a Vulgar Incident
575
10
In which a Charade is acted which may or may not Puzzle the Reader
585
20
In which Lord Steyne shows himself in a most amiable Light
605
11
A Rescue and a Catastrophe
616
10
Sunday after the Battle
626
10
In which the same Subject is pursued
636
17
Georgy is made a Gentleman
653
13
Eothen
666
9
Our Friend the Major
675
13
The old Piano
688
12
Returns to the Genteel World
700
7
In which two Lights are put out
707
15
Am Rhein
722
12
In which we meet an old Acquaintance
734
13
A Vagabond Chapter
747
18
Full of Business and Pleasure
765
9
Amantium Ira
774
17
Which contains Births, Marriages, and Deaths
791
20
Notes
811
52
Appendix: Parody
863
3
Textual Variants
866
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