When Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave school, their feet are set on very
different paths. Kind, foolish Amelia returns to her comfortable home and
wealthy family, to await a suitable marriage, while Becky must look out for
herself, earning her own living in a hard world. But Becky is neither kind nor
foolish, and with her quick brain and keen eye for a chance, her fortunes soon
rise, while Amelia's fall. Greed, ambition, loyalty, folly, wisdom... this
famous novel gives us a witty and satirical picture of English society during
the Napoleonic wars.