浮华世界

SetagainstthebackgroundoftheBattleofWaterloo,BeckySharpisthestoryofVanityFairbyThackeray.BeckyandAmeliaaregirlsatschooltogether,butBeckyisfroma"showbiz"family,orinotherwords,verylowclass.BeckymanagestoinsinuateherselfinAmelia'sfamilyandgetstoknowalltheirfriends.Fromthispossiblyauspicious-beginning,shemanagestoruinherownlife,becomingsick,broke,andlonely,andalsoruinsthelivesofmanyother"lovedones".InthemoviewegettoseetheclassdistinctionsinEnglandatthetime,andgetasenseofwhatitwaslikefortheEnglishmilitaryatthetimeoftheNapoleonicwars.