Vanity Fair

In a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having, no-one is more determined to climb to the heights of English Society than Miss Rebecca Sharp.

Becky Sharp charms her way through darkest Hampshire, making friends with nearly everyone in her new family.

Sir Pitt and his sister vie for Becky, who reveals the shocking news that she has recently married. Decision time comes for Amelia and fiancé George Osborne.

The friends sail for Belgium, where Becky makes a triumphant entrance into high society. Even George is smitten by her, as Amelia notices with a mounting dread.

As the Battle of Waterloo rages, George is in the thick of the fighting, Jos looks for a way out, and Becky looks for a way to make money.

Becky and Rawdon fall months behind on their rent payments. She sees in Lord Steyne an opportunity to get ahead, but he sees in her an opportunity of his own.