Vanity Fair, Chapter 8: riassunto

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1. Rebecca describes an uncomfortable night in London and a wet coach journey under Sir Pitt Crawley’s stingy arrangements.
2. On the estate, Sir Pitt quarrels about his brother and orders Hodson to whip two boys gathering sticks.
3. Rebecca meets Lady Crawley, Mr. Crawley, and her two pupils, then describes a dinner combining splendid silver with plain food.
4. Sermon reading and household prayers end the evening, and Sir Pitt interrupts Rebecca’s writing to confiscate her candle.
5. Rebecca’s Saturday addition describes counted grapes, the girls’ riding, and the household’s regular habits.
6. The narrator criticizes Rebecca’s values and explains his practice of openly judging the people he describes.

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The narrator identifies the values behind Rebecca’s jokes. This separates her amused account from his own condemnation of selfishness.

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