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 ...Thackeray's famous novel gives us a witty and satirical picture of English society during the Napoleonic wars.
1. The young ladies leave school
2. Becky Sharp makes new friends
3. Amelia Sedley nearly loses hope
4. A pleasant stay in Brighton
5. Waiting for war in Brussels
6. Mothers, sons, and other relations
7. Reunions, quarrels, and other family business
8. The rise and fall of our heroines' fortunes
9. Colonel Crawley's troubles
10. Major Dobbin returns from India
11. A meeting with an old friend
12. Births, marriages, and deaths