Maybe it’s his taxes to pay for the house and for the benefits of his family or maybe an argument with his partner or one of his family members.
William Makepeace Thackeray wrote the novel Vanity Fair in 1846 and it was published as a 19-volume monthly serial from 1847 to 1848,
The novel takes place in the early 1800s, in the first years of the Victorian era, when the country was submerging into a strong and oppressive conservative way of life.
The plot tells the saga of two families during the Napoleonic wars.
It tells the audience what will happen at the end of the play.