ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus there is no male character who might be called the hero of the novel and Thackeray was justified in saying that Vanity Fair is a novel, “without a hero”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vanity Fair is subtitled A Novel without a Hero.

Detailed explanation-3: -Written in 1848, Vanity Fair is an excellent satire of English society in the early 19th Century. Thackeray states several times that it is a novel “without a hero", and at a couple of points tries to claim that Amelia, a good person but who inevitably comes across as rather wishy-washy, is the heroine.