威廉·萨克雷(william Makepeace Thackeray)是19世纪英国最出色的批判现实主义小说家之一,他的成名作品是小说《名利场》(Vanity Fair)。《名利场》在英国文学史上占有相当重要的地位。萨克雷通过无数真实的细节以及大量细腻的心理描写和人物刻画,细致地描绘出一个社会和一个时代的片断。很多人之所以非常喜欢这部小说,是因为它是一部没有英雄的小说。而这部小说的副题同时也是最初的书名就恰恰是《没有英雄的小说》(A Novel William Saclay (William Makepeace Thackeray) is one of the best British critical realist novelists in the 19th century. His famous work is the novel “Vanity Fair.” “Vanity Fair” occupies a very important position in the history of British literature. Sacray through countless true details and a large number of delicate psychological description and characterization, a detailed description of a social and a fragment of the times. Many people like this novel because it is a no-hero novel. And the subtitle of this novel is also the first title of the book is precisely “Novel Novel” (A Novel