Although the story was written 200 years ago, it has a modern feel to it. The story even had a subtitle, A Novel without a hero and I think that it is here that Thackeray already tells us what his agenda is - to write something different.
Adapting Vanity Fair was my first and only experience of grading a story at C1 level. I had a lot of words to play with.
This was a new story to me. The other stories I have adapted were all tales that I knew well.
Vanity Fair
CEFR level : C1
Reading age: 14+
Genre : Classic Adaptation . Graded Reader
Themes : Relationships . Society . Love . Travel
Includes : Comprehension Activities . Grammar . Focus Activities
Suitable for : classrooms . extensive reading programmes . independent learners
First published : 2015
Availability : Published by ELI Publishing
Original Author : William Makepeace Thackeray
Author of the Adapted Version : Michael Lacey Freeman
Author of the Activities : Michael Lacey Freeman
