There is not only a tiny amount of happiness, but also a lack of respect in their marriage, especially since Sir Pitt is generally rude to Rose, often leaving her completely alone and hits her frequently. . Thackeray contrasts this passionless love with an abandoned past relationship that prompted Rose to give him a truer, purer love: “O Vanity Fair – Vanity Fair! She could have been, without you, a happy young girl; Peter Butt and Rose, a happy man and woman, on a comfortable farm, with a warm family and an honest share of pleasures, worries, hopes and struggles: - but a title, a coach and four are more precious than happiness in Vanity Juste…” (Thackeray 83). Thackeray insinuates that the lower classes, much less concerned with social status, are perhaps happier than those with wealth and power. On the other hand, the high socialites of the Fair are ready to sell their happiness for social prestige. Thackeray develops this idea further upon Lady Crawley's death when he says: “Her heart was dead long before her body. She had sold him to become the wife of Sir Pitt Crawley” (140). Although this narration has a rather brutal tone, there is no doubt that it is a harsh indictment of the "business" of marriage. Vanity Fair's most interesting character engaged in marriage dealings is naturally Rebecca "Becky" Sharp in Thackeray's novel, the anti-heroine. However, Rebecca's mind and considerable plans are more than enough to captivate several men. Her first attempt at advancement in society through marriage centers on Joseph. Jos’ Sedley. Before even meeting him, Rebecca decides to try to marry him: "If Mr. Joseph Sedley is rich and single, why shouldn't I marry him?" I only have one