All of her
, Becky Sharp longed to live in a world that was out of her
.
- Just be yourself and everone will love you.
Why should the
have all the fun!
Didn't Eleanor of Aquitaine ride into battle
and there breast it.
...
I'm your prisoner.
You have only to ask and I shall
you.
...
What a
to find someone cultured in this house.
Hoity-doity!
Please tell me there's something disreputable in your
.
...
Now, miss Becky, this is Rawdon. He's a soldier, through and through.
You must be
as a brick down here.
I'm afraid his life is a lonely one. If only he were
.
...
Were you trying to steer me towards an indiscretion?
Would you like me to?
No
has managed it yet.
...
In a decent position, you can put the
on a leash.
...
Ladies and gentlemen, the entertainment is about to begin. -
Now she will enter the world, she always
of...
- You know I'd do anything for you. -
...where polite society...
- Here comes the
Mrs. Crawley.
I had thought her a mere social climber, but I see now she's a mountineer. -
...is turning out to be anything but...
- They will
you and patronize you, but that's what you want, I suppose. -
...and the
she climbs...
- How do you like your new place?
My place. How kind of you to
me. -
...the harder it will be...
- I cannot let that girl profit from her scheming.
The only
in this life is to love and be loved. -
...to stay one step
of your past...
- Tell him I'm innocent!
You? Innocent?
...
I have not slaved for forty years to see you to marry a beggar maid. -
From the classic
by William Makepeace Thakeray and acclaimed director Mira Nair
Reece Witherspoon
James Purefoy
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Romola Garai
Rhys Ifans
Bob Hoskins
Gabriel Byrne
and Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent...
- We march in three hours.
You won't do anything
, will you?
... Vanity Fair.
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Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thakeray