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Vanity fair is a monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by conde nast in the united states. Because she treated her like a servant and she thinks revenge i s a natural feeling for someone like herself who isnt an angel. I think i could be a good woman, if i had five thousand a year, observes beautiful and clever becky sharp, one of the wickedestand most appealingwomen in all of literature. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
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