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4。VanityFair:AaHero:ItisanovelbyeaceThackeray，firstpublishedin1847-1848，satiriziyih-turyBritaiitleJohnBuoryThePilgrim’sProgress，firstpublishedin1678andstillwidelyreadatthetimeofThaovel。Vanityfairreferstoastopalongthepilgrim’sprogress:anever-endiowy，whittorepresentman’ssinfulattattoworldlythings。Thenovelisnowsideredaclassidhasinspiredseveralfilmadaptations。

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1。ThePilgrim’sProgress:ItisaallegorywrittenbyJohnBunyanandpublishedinFebruary，1678。ItisregardedasosignifitwiousEnglishliterature，hasbeentraomorethan200languages，andhasofprint。