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《名利场》是英国十九世纪小说家萨克雷的成名作品，故事取材于很热闹的英国十九世纪中上层社会。故事主角是一个机灵乖巧的漂亮姑娘。她尝过贫穷的滋味，一心要掌握自己的命运，摆脱困境。她不择手段，凭谄媚奉承、走小道儿钻后门，飞上高枝，构成一个引人关怀又动人情感的故事。穿插的人物形形色色，都神情毕肖。萨克雷富讥智，善讽刺，《名利场》是逗趣而又启人深思的小说。
【作者】
萨克雷（1811-1863），英国作家。生于印度加尔各答。父亲为英国东印度公司税务员。四岁丧父，父亲去世后，六岁的萨克雷被送回英国受教育。1829年入剑桥大学三一学院接受系统教育，1830年离开剑桥去魏玛学德语，结识了歌德。八个月后回国学法律，但半途而废。1833年去巴黎学绘画，后担任伦敦《立宪报》驻巴黎记者。1937年返回英国，靠写稿谋生。正当他在事业上崭露头角时，妻子精神失常，东印度银行破产又使他损失大部分遗产。此后十几年，为抚养妻子女儿，他大量为杂志写作散文、书评、游记、小说等。早期作品主要有《巴利林登的命运》（1844）。1847年，《势利眼集》和《名利场》先后在《笨拙》杂志上连载。《名利场》奠定了萨克雷讽刺作家的地位，他因此叱咤文坛，与狄更斯齐名。此后，《彭登尼斯》、《亨利·埃斯蒙德》、《纽克姆一家》、《弗吉尼亚人》相继问世。19世纪50年代，萨克雷在剑桥、牛津、爱丁堡讲演，此后又应邀赴美讲演，讲演集分别于1853、1860年出版。此外他还写了不少诗歌和歌谣。1863年圣诞节前夕，萨克雷因心脏病发作猝死伦敦。
【内容】
小说以两个年轻女子蓓基·夏泼和爱米丽亚的一生为主线，展示了19世纪初期英国上层社会的生活画面。《名利场》的故事以两条线索展开，从同一个起点出发，相互交织，最后到达同一个终点。其中一条线索讲述善良、笨拙、生活在富有家庭中的女子爱米丽亚；另一条线索讲述机灵、自私、放荡不羁的孤女蓓基·夏泼。两人于1813年乘坐同一辆马车离开平克顿女子学校，都在遭到家庭反对的情况下于1815年结婚，分别嫁给即将参加滑铁卢战役的两名英国军官。新婚不久，那场具有历史意义的战役打响了。爱米丽亚的丈夫战死沙场，蓓基的丈夫战后生还。接下来的十年中，蓓基生活一帆风顺，在社会的阶梯上不断攀升，直至有幸觐见国王，而爱米丽亚却因父亲破产承受着极大的不幸。到了1827年，命运发生了逆转，蓓基的生活落入毁灭的深渊，这其实是罪有应得；爱米丽亚却转而变得富裕幸福，可归因于善有善报。但是，作者以灵活的讽刺手法，使两位女主角最后的命运归于平衡，仿佛在一个大的轮回之后，回到故事开始时两人命运的起点。《名利场》以“没有主角的小说”为其副标题，说明本书不以个别人物的刻画为重心，而着意于这个社会。
【目录】
Chapter 1 Chiswick Mall
Chapter 2 In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign
Chapter 3 Rebecca Is in Presence of the Enemy
Chapter 4 The Green Silk Purse
Chapter 5 Dobbin of Ours
Chapter 6 Vauxhall
Chapter 7 Crawley of Queens Crawley
Chapter 8 Private and Confidential
Chapter 9 Family Portraits
Chapter 10 Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends
Chapter 11 Arcadian Simplicity
ChaPter 12 Quite a Sentimental Chapter
Chapter 13 Sentimental and Otherwise
Chapter 14 Miss Crawley at Home
Chapter 15 In Which Rebeccas Husband Appears for a Short Time
Chapter 16 The Letter on the Pincushion
Chapter 17 How Captain Dobbin Bought a Piano
Chapter 18 Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought?
Chapter 19 Miss Crawley at Nurse
Chapter 20 In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Messenger of Hymen
Chapter 21 A Quarrel about an Heiress
Chapter 22 A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon
Chapter 23 Captain Dobbin Proceeds on His Canvass
Chapter 24 In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Downthe Family Bible
Chapter 25 In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton
Chapter 26 Between London and Chatham
Chapter 27 In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment
Chapter 28 In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries
Chapter 29 Brussels
Chapter 30 "The Girl I Left behind Me"
Chapter 31 In Which Jos Sedley Takes Care of His Sister
Chapter 32 In Which Jos Takes Flight, and the War Is Brought to a Close
Chapter 33 In Which Miss Crawleys Relations Are Very Anxious about Her
Chapter 34 James Crawleys Pipe Is Put Out
Chapter 35 Widow and Mother
Chapter 36 How to Live Well on Nothing a Year
Chapter 37 The Subject Continued
Chapter 38 A Family in a Very Small Way
Chapter 39 A Cynical Chapter
Chapter 40 In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family
Chapter 41 In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors
Chapter 42 Which Treats of the Osborne Family
Chapier 43 In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape
Chapter 44 A Roundabout Chapter between London and Hampshire
Chapter 45 Between Hampshire and London
Chapter 46 Struggles and Trials
Chapter 47 Gaunt House
Chapter 48 In Which the Reader Is Introduced to the Very Best of Company
Chapter 49 In Which We Enjoy Three Courses and a Dessert
Chapter 50 Contains a Vulgar Incident
Chapter 51 In Which a Charade Is Acted Which May or May Not Puzzle the Reader
Chapter 52 In Which Lord Steyne Shows Himself in a Most Amiable Light
Chapter 53 A Rescue and a Catastrophe
Chapter 54 Sunday after the Battle
Chapier 55 In Which the Same Subject Is Pursued
Chapter 56 Georgy is Made a Gentleman
Chapter 57 Eothen
Chapter 58 Our Friend the Major
Chapter 59 The Old Piano
Chapter 60 Returns to the Genteel World
Chapter 61 In Which Two Lights Are Put Out
Chapter 62 Am Rhein
Chapter 63 In Which We Meet an Old Acquaintance
Chapter 64 AVagabond Chapter
Chapter 65 Full of Business and Pleasure
Chapter 66 Amantium Ira
Chapter 67 Which Contains Births, Marriages,and Deaths
Chapter 2 In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign
Chapter 3 Rebecca Is in Presence of the Enemy
Chapter 4 The Green Silk Purse
Chapter 5 Dobbin of Ours
Chapter 6 Vauxhall
Chapter 7 Crawley of Queens Crawley
Chapter 8 Private and Confidential
Chapter 9 Family Portraits
Chapter 10 Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends
Chapter 11 Arcadian Simplicity
ChaPter 12 Quite a Sentimental Chapter
Chapter 13 Sentimental and Otherwise
Chapter 14 Miss Crawley at Home
Chapter 15 In Which Rebeccas Husband Appears for a Short Time
Chapter 16 The Letter on the Pincushion
Chapter 17 How Captain Dobbin Bought a Piano
Chapter 18 Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought?
Chapter 19 Miss Crawley at Nurse
Chapter 20 In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Messenger of Hymen
Chapter 21 A Quarrel about an Heiress
Chapter 22 A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon
Chapter 23 Captain Dobbin Proceeds on His Canvass
Chapter 24 In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Downthe Family Bible
Chapter 25 In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton
Chapter 26 Between London and Chatham
Chapter 27 In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment
Chapter 28 In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries
Chapter 29 Brussels
Chapter 30 "The Girl I Left behind Me"
Chapter 31 In Which Jos Sedley Takes Care of His Sister
Chapter 32 In Which Jos Takes Flight, and the War Is Brought to a Close
Chapter 33 In Which Miss Crawleys Relations Are Very Anxious about Her
Chapter 34 James Crawleys Pipe Is Put Out
Chapter 35 Widow and Mother
Chapter 36 How to Live Well on Nothing a Year
Chapter 37 The Subject Continued
Chapter 38 A Family in a Very Small Way
Chapter 39 A Cynical Chapter
Chapter 40 In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family
Chapter 41 In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors
Chapter 42 Which Treats of the Osborne Family
Chapier 43 In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape
Chapter 44 A Roundabout Chapter between London and Hampshire
Chapter 45 Between Hampshire and London
Chapter 46 Struggles and Trials
Chapter 47 Gaunt House
Chapter 48 In Which the Reader Is Introduced to the Very Best of Company
Chapter 49 In Which We Enjoy Three Courses and a Dessert
Chapter 50 Contains a Vulgar Incident
Chapter 51 In Which a Charade Is Acted Which May or May Not Puzzle the Reader
Chapter 52 In Which Lord Steyne Shows Himself in a Most Amiable Light
Chapter 53 A Rescue and a Catastrophe
Chapter 54 Sunday after the Battle
Chapier 55 In Which the Same Subject Is Pursued
Chapter 56 Georgy is Made a Gentleman
Chapter 57 Eothen
Chapter 58 Our Friend the Major
Chapter 59 The Old Piano
Chapter 60 Returns to the Genteel World
Chapter 61 In Which Two Lights Are Put Out
Chapter 62 Am Rhein
Chapter 63 In Which We Meet an Old Acquaintance
Chapter 64 AVagabond Chapter
Chapter 65 Full of Business and Pleasure
Chapter 66 Amantium Ira
Chapter 67 Which Contains Births, Marriages,and Deaths
【书摘插画】
This letter completed， Miss Pinkerton proceeded to write her own name， and Miss Sedleys， in the fly-leaf of a Johnsons Dictionary-the interesting work which she invariably presented to her scholars on their departure from the Mall. On the cover was inserted a copy of "Lines addressed to a young lady on quitting Miss Pinkertons school， at the Mall； by the late revered Doctor Samuel Johnson." In fact， the Lexicographers name was always on the lips of this majestic woman， and a visit he had paid to her was the cause of her reputation and her fortune.
Being commanded by her elder sister to get "the Dictionary" from the cupboard， Miss Jemima had extracted two copies of the book from the receptacle in question. When Miss Pinkerton had finished the in*ion in the first， Jemima， with rather a dubious and timid air， handed her the second.
"For whom is this， Miss Jemima?" said Miss Pinkerton， with awful coldness.
"For Becky Sharp，" answered Jemima， trembling very much， and blushing over her withered face and neck， as she turned her back on her sister. "For Becky Sharp： shes going too."
"MISS JEMIMA！" exclaimed Miss Pinkerton， in the largest capitals. Are you in your senses? Replace the Dixonary in the closet， and never enture to take such a liberty in future."
"Well， sister， its only two-and-ninepence， and poor Becky will be iserable if she dont get one."
"Send Miss Sedley instantly to me，" said Miss Pinkerton. And so， enturing not to say another word， poor Jemima trotted off， exceedingly lurried and nervous.
Miss Sedleys papa was a merchant in London， and a man of some ealth； whereas Miss Sharp was an articled pupil， for whom Miss inkerton had done， as she thought， quite enough， without conferring upon er at parting the high honour of the Dixonary.
Being commanded by her elder sister to get "the Dictionary" from the cupboard， Miss Jemima had extracted two copies of the book from the receptacle in question. When Miss Pinkerton had finished the in*ion in the first， Jemima， with rather a dubious and timid air， handed her the second.
"For whom is this， Miss Jemima?" said Miss Pinkerton， with awful coldness.
"For Becky Sharp，" answered Jemima， trembling very much， and blushing over her withered face and neck， as she turned her back on her sister. "For Becky Sharp： shes going too."
"MISS JEMIMA！" exclaimed Miss Pinkerton， in the largest capitals. Are you in your senses? Replace the Dixonary in the closet， and never enture to take such a liberty in future."
"Well， sister， its only two-and-ninepence， and poor Becky will be iserable if she dont get one."
"Send Miss Sedley instantly to me，" said Miss Pinkerton. And so， enturing not to say another word， poor Jemima trotted off， exceedingly lurried and nervous.
Miss Sedleys papa was a merchant in London， and a man of some ealth； whereas Miss Sharp was an articled pupil， for whom Miss inkerton had done， as she thought， quite enough， without conferring upon er at parting the high honour of the Dixonary.
