A Day of Small Things | This is Vanity Fair | Character study on Becky Sharp, Johnson's Dictionary & a trip to Barter Books @adayofsmallthings | Uploaded November 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Becky Sharp from 'Vanity Fair' by William Thackeray stands out among many Victorian heroines, who famously threw a copy of Johnson's Dictionary through the air. We're going to do a character study on Becky in the first two chapters of 'Vanity Fair' and have a look at the history of A Dictionary of the English Language by Dr Samuel Johnson. We'll end our time with an evening stroll among the fabulous shelves in Barter Books, where I found some old treasures!

0:00 intro
0:48 Becky & Amelia
3:55 Becky with Miss Pinkerton & Miss Jemima
8:18 Johnson's Dictionary
12:11 Barter Books

Look up words in Johnson's Dictionary online: johnsonsdictionaryonline.com
Visit Barter Books or search their catalogue: barterbooks.co.uk
Read my blog: nicolefu.co.uk

Music Attributes:
Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303
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Angels We Have Heard by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=004&page=1
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