Vanity Fair = Selva ?

O retrato mordaz da Inglaterra feito por Thackeray em sua obra-prima Vanity Fair por vezes nos faz lembrar da selva. Considerem esta passagem: "Vanity Fair - Vanity Fair! Here was a man, who could not spell, and did not care to read - who had the habits and the cunning of a boor: whose aim in life was petti-fogging: who never had a taste, or emotion, or enjoyment, but what was sordid and foul: and yet he had rank, and honours, and power, somehow: and was a dignitary of the land, and a pillar of the state. He was high sheriff, and rode in a golden coach. Great ministers and statesmen courted him; and in Vanity Fair he had a higher place than the most brilliant genius or spotless virtue".
Os leitores podem encontrar o texto completo de Vanity Fair online assim como o audio do livro [que ajuda no entendimento e aperfeiçoamento do inglês] no fantástico site LIBRIVOX.ORG.