The peak of creativity of the English writer, journalist and graphic of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel was the "Vanity Fair". All the characters of the novel - positive and negative - are involved, according to the author, "the eternal circle of misery and suffering." Eventful, rich in subtle observations of everyday life of his time, imbued with irony and sarcasm, the novel "Vanity Fair" took pride of place in the list of masterpieces of world literature.