Vanity Fair

Japanese: 虚栄の市 - きょえいのいち(英語表記)Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair

A full-length novel by the British author Thackeray. It was published in monthly installments between 1847 and 1848. Vanity Fair is the name of a place in Bunyan's famous allegorical story, Pilgrim's Progress, where people loudly sell their vanity, but Thackeray chose this apt title to satirize and expose the vanity-filled snobbism of 19th century upper class society. As the subtitle suggests, "A Story Without a Hero," there is no particularly outstanding protagonist, but the story centers on the life paths of two characters, Becky Sharp, a cool-headed woman who skillfully navigates the world and uses the men who flock to her to rise to upper class society, and Amelia Sedley, a quiet and good-natured woman, and features a variety of other characters, making it a truly grand panorama of 19th century Britain.

[Shigeru Koike]

"Vanity Fair" translated by Ikusaburo Miyake, 6 volumes (Iwanami Bunko)

[Reference item] | Thackeray | Heaven's Path

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イギリスの作家サッカレーの長編小説。1847~1848年にかけて月刊分冊の形式で発表。「虚栄の市」とは、バニヤンの有名な寓意(ぐうい)物語『天路歴程』のなかの地名で、人々が虚栄を大声で売っている場所だが、サッカレーは19世紀の上流社会の虚栄に満ちあふれた俗物根性を風刺して暴くために、この適切な表題を選んだ。副題に「ヒーローのない物語」とあるとおり、とくに際だった主人公はいないが、世の中を巧みに泳ぎ回り、群がる男どもをうまく利用して上流社会へのし上がるドライな女ベッキー・シャープと、おとなしくてお人よしの女アミーリア・セドレーの2人の人生航路を中心に、さまざまな人物を配して、まさに19世紀イギリスの一大パノラマともなっている。

[小池 滋]

『三宅幾三郎訳『虚栄の市』全6冊(岩波文庫)』

[参照項目] | サッカレー | 天路歴程

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