In a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having, no one is more determined to climb to the heights of English society than Becky Sharp.
父親是一個死於飢饉的英國畫家,母親則是一個法國唱詩班的團員,貝姬在稚齡便被送進孤兒院收養。即便在孩童時代,她便渴望過一種光鮮燦爛、華貴富裕的夢幻生活,即使那離現實極為遙遠。在她離開平克頓小姐(Miss Pinkerton)所主持的契斯維克學院後(Academy at Chiswick),她發誓要用盡一切手段來擠進英國上流社會。無論是機智、狡詐、或者美色,都成...