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Vanity Fair
故事发生在十九世纪的英国，贝姬（Reese Witherspoon 饰）出生于贫寒家庭，但是，野心勃勃的她做梦都想要能够跻身上流社会，为此，贝姬来到了爵士彼得考利（Bob Hoskins 饰）家中，担任起了家庭教师的职务。聪明伶俐的贝姬很快就获得了姑妈玛蒂尔达（Eileen Atkins 饰）的认可和信任，之后，贝姬跟随玛蒂尔达来到了梦寐以求的伦敦。 在伦敦，贝姬同曾经的好友艾米利亚（Romola Garai 饰）重逢了。艾米利亚深爱着军官乔治（Jonathan Rhys Meyers 饰），为了同他结婚不惜背弃了家庭，与此同时，贝姬亦同考利家的继承人罗顿（James Purefoy 饰）秘密踏入了婚姻的殿堂。然而，等待着他们的并非光明的前程，而是残酷的战争。
Lowly teaching assistant Becky issues headmistress Miss Pinkerton with an ultimatum – pay her properly to teach at her Academy for Young Ladies or find her a station elsewhere. Miss Pinkerton calls Becky's bluff, and Becky is forced to pack away her meagre possessions. Kindly stockbroker's daughter Amelia Sedley takes pity on the poor orphan and offers to take her home for the week.
In darkest Hampshire, Becky spends her days as governess to Sir Pitt Crawley’s neglected daughters. Her employer's handsome youngest son, Rawdon, does his best to interest Becky in a flirtation. But Becky's ambition is to get into her employer's good books, and soon she is promoted to the position of Sir Pitt's indispensable secretary.
Becky lives with rich Aunt Matilda, and her future is looking bright. But as war clouds gather, everyone's fortunes take a tumble.
When George refuses to apologise for his marriage to Amelia, his father sends him a letter, cutting him off from the family and denying him his inheritance. All the friends set sail for Belgium, where Becky makes use of every opportunity to advance in society.
The Napoleonic Wars enter their decisive moment as the battle of Waterloo gets underway, with George fighting on the front line. Becky has come to the conclusion that war is not such a bad thing, since it presents plenty of opportunities for money to be made.
Becky works out how to live well on nothing a year, but flies too high as she joins the dizzy ranks of lords, ladies and kings.
Becky is left alone in the world and living in greatly reduced circumstances when Steyne arranges for Rawdon to be shipped overseas. Dobbin discovers that Amelia plans to remarry, a revelation that inspires him to finally confess his feelings for her - but he is not prepared for her reaction. The Sedley family takes a holiday in Germany, where they are unexpectedly reunited with Becky - who gets the chance to perform a single good deed. Last in the series.
