The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp, Sarra Manning
The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp, Sarra Manning
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The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp

Author: Sarra Manning

Narrator: Aysha Kala

Unabridged: 11 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/06/2018

Synopsis

A hilarious contemporary retelling of the classic society novel, VANITY FAIR, featuring the irrepressible Becky Sharp Beautiful, brilliant, ruthless – nothing can stop Becky Sharp. Becky Sharp has big dreams and no connections. Determined to swap the gutters of Soho for the glamorous, exclusive world behind the velvet rope, Becky will do anything to achieve fame, riches and status. Whether it’s seducing society’s most eligible bachelors, or befriending silly debutantes and rich old ladies, Becky Sharp is destined for great things. Because it might be tough at the top but it’s worse at the bottom. From London to Paris and beyond, Becky Sharp is going places – so get the hell out of her way…

About Sarra Manning

Sarra Manning has been a voracious reader for over forty years and a prolific author and journalist for twenty-five.Her seven novels, which have been translated into fifteen different languages include Unsticky, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, The House of Secrets and her latest, Rescue Me, published in 2021. Sarra has also written over fifteen YA novels, and light-hearted romantic comedies under a pseudonym.She started her writing career on Melody Maker and Just Seventeen, has been editor of ElleGirl and What to Wear and has also contributed to the Guardian, ELLE, Grazia, Stylist, Fabulous, Stella, You Magazine, Harper's Bazaar. She is currently the Literary Editor of Red.Sarra has also been a Costa Book Awards judge and has been nominated for various writing awards herself.She lives in London surrounded by piles and piles of books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on August 05, 2018

It had been a while since I last read a book by Sarra Manning but this book has certainly reminded my why I enjoy her books - even when I wasn't reading it my mind was on the characters and wondering just what they would get up to next. I'm not sure how much I can say I particularly liked the charac......more

Goodreads review by Mairead on October 01, 2018

The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp ~ 'A hilarious contemporary retelling of the classic society novel, VANITY FAIR, featuring the irrepressible Becky Sharp’ Sarra Manning is an author and journalist and is currently Literary Editor with Red magazine. Her latest novel, The Rise and Fall of Becky Sha......more

Goodreads review by Agi on September 07, 2018

This story follows Becky Sharp - a runner up on Big Brother, nanny, Instagram influencer to eventually become a philanthropist. But Becky worked hard for all of this - or did she? Relying only on herself, that is until she senses a chance and someone with more money... or another someone, with even......more

Goodreads review by Laura on October 05, 2018

Book reviews on www.snazzybooks.com This is such a fun, humorous novel which is extremely relevant to today's social-media, celebrity-obsessed world, but with an extra layer of bite - Becky is no silly airhead. She's mean, conniving and completely harsh in her treatment of other people to get to wher......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on January 18, 2019

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Quotes

‘A , perfectly capturing Becky’s scheming, ruthless and beguilingly charming spirit… ’ Louise O’Neill ‘’ Marian Keyes ‘ and great fun. I loved this!’ Katie Fforde ‘Becky Sharp is … I adored this’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘ … craftily reboots the original classic while skewering modern-day quirks’ ‘A contemporary retelling’ ‘Hilarious!’ ‘Clever, witty and entirely modern – ’ Eithne Shortall ' in the Instagram era. Bright, beautiful and gloriously Machiavellian, Becky Sharp is ' Tammy Cohen ‘A hilarious modern retelling’ Praise for Sarra Manning: ‘Sarra Manning pulls you straight in with another fantastically addictive, beautifully written read’ Paige Toon ‘Unputdownable’ Marian Keyes ‘Full of glamour’ Fabulous

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