Vanity Fair - 19
"My attitude," Rebecca said, "when you came in, ma'am, did not look as if I despised such an honour as this good—this noble man has deigned to offer me. Do you think I have no heart? Have you all loved me, and been so kind to the poor orphan—deserted—girl, and am I to feel nothing? O my friends! O my benefactors! may not my love, my life, my duty, try to repay the confidence you have shown me? Do you grudge me even gratitude, Miss Crawley? It is too much—my heart is too full"; and she sank down in a chair so pathetically, that most of the audience present were perfectly melted with her sadness.
"Whether you marry me or not, you're a good little girl, Becky, and I'm your vriend, mind," said Sir Pitt, and putting on his crape-bound hat, he walked away—greatly to Rebecca's relief; for it was evident that her secret was unrevealed to Miss Crawley, and she had the advantage of a brief reprieve.
Putting her handkerchief to her eyes, and nodding away honest Briggs, who would have followed her upstairs, she went up to her apartment; while Briggs and Miss Crawley, in a high state of excitement, remained to discuss the strange event, and Firkin, not less moved, dived down into the kitchen regions, and talked of it with all the male and female company there. And so impressed was Mrs. Firkin with the news, that she thought proper to write off by that very night's post, "with her humble duty to Mrs. Bute Crawley and the family at the Rectory, and Sir Pitt has been and proposed for to marry Miss Sharp, wherein she has refused him, to the wonder of all."
The two ladies in the dining-room (where worthy Miss Briggs was delighted to be admitted once more to confidential conversation with her patroness) wondered to their hearts' content at Sir Pitt's offer, and Rebecca's refusal; Briggs very acutely suggesting that there must have been some obstacle in the shape of a previous attachment, otherwise no young woman in her senses would ever have refused so advantageous a proposal.
"You would have accepted it yourself, wouldn't you, Briggs?" Miss Crawley said, kindly.
"Would it not be a privilege to be Miss Crawley's sister?" Briggs replied, with meek evasion.
"Well, Becky would have made a good Lady Crawley, after all," Miss Crawley remarked (who was mollified by the girl's refusal, and very liberal and generous now there was no call for her sacrifices). "She has brains in plenty (much more wit in her little finger than you have, my poor dear Briggs, in all your head). Her manners are excellent, now I have formed her. She is a Montmorency, Briggs, and blood is something, though I despise it for my part; and she would have held her own amongst those pompous stupid Hampshire people much better than that unfortunate ironmonger's daughter."
Briggs coincided as usual, and the "previous attachment" was then discussed in conjectures. "You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish tendre," Miss Crawley said. "You yourself, you know, were in love with a writing-master (don't cry, Briggs—you're always crying, and it won't bring him to life again), and I suppose this unfortunate Becky has been silly and sentimental too—some apothecary, or house-steward, or painter, or young curate, or something of that sort."
"Poor thing! poor thing!" says Briggs (who was thinking of twenty-four years back, and that hectic young writing-master whose lock of yellow hair, and whose letters, beautiful in their illegibility, she cherished in her old desk upstairs). "Poor thing, poor thing!" says Briggs. Once more she was a fresh-cheeked lass of eighteen; she was at evening church, and the hectic writing-master and she were quavering out of the same psalm-book.
"After such conduct on Rebecca's part," Miss Crawley said enthusiastically, "our family should do something. Find out who is the objet, Briggs. I'll set him up in a shop; or order my portrait of him, you know; or speak to my cousin, the Bishop and I'll doter Becky, and we'll have a wedding, Briggs, and you shall make the breakfast, and be a bridesmaid."
Briggs declared that it would be delightful, and vowed that her dear Miss Crawley was always kind and generous, and went up to Rebecca's bedroom to console her and prattle about the offer, and the refusal, and the cause thereof; and to hint at the generous intentions of Miss Crawley, and to find out who was the gentleman that had the mastery of Miss Sharp's heart.
Rebecca was very kind, very affectionate and affected—responded to Briggs's offer of tenderness with grateful fervour—owned there was a secret attachment—a delicious mystery—what a pity Miss Briggs had not remained half a minute longer at the keyhole! Rebecca might, perhaps, have told more: but five minutes after Miss Briggs's arrival in Rebecca's apartment, Miss Crawley actually made her appearance there—an unheard-of honour—her impatience had overcome her; she could not wait for the tardy operations of her ambassadress: so she came in person, and ordered Briggs out of the room. And expressing her approval of Rebecca's conduct, she asked particulars of the interview, and the previous transactions which had brought about the astonishing offer of Sir Pitt.
Rebecca said she had long had some notion of the partiality with which Sir Pitt honoured her (for he was in the habit of making his feelings known in a very frank and unreserved manner) but, not to mention private reasons with which she would not for the present trouble Miss Crawley, Sir Pitt's age, station, and habits were such as to render a marriage quite impossible; and could a woman with any feeling of self-respect and any decency listen to proposals at such a moment, when the funeral of the lover's deceased wife had not actually taken place?
"Nonsense, my dear, you would never have refused him had there not been some one else in the case," Miss Crawley said, coming to her point at once. "Tell me the private reasons; what are the private reasons? There is some one; who is it that has touched your heart?"
Rebecca cast down her eyes, and owned there was. "You have guessed right, dear lady," she said, with a sweet simple faltering voice. "You wonder at one so poor and friendless having an attachment, don't you? I have never heard that poverty was any safeguard against it. I wish it were."
"My poor dear child," cried Miss Crawley, who was always quite ready to be sentimental, "is our passion unrequited, then? Are we pining in secret? Tell me all, and let me console you."
"I wish you could, dear Madam," Rebecca said in the same tearful tone. "Indeed, indeed, I need it." And she laid her head upon Miss Crawley's shoulder and wept there so naturally that the old lady, surprised into sympathy, embraced her with an almost maternal kindness, uttered many soothing protests of regard and affection for her, vowed that she loved her as a daughter, and would do everything in her power to serve her. "And now who is it, my dear? Is it that pretty Miss Sedley's brother? You said something about an affair with him. I'll ask him here, my dear. And you shall have him: indeed you shall."
"Don't ask me now," Rebecca said. "You shall know all soon. Indeed you shall. Dear kind Miss Crawley—dear friend, may I say so?"
"That you may, my child," the old lady replied, kissing her.
"I can't tell you now," sobbed out Rebecca, "I am very miserable. But O! love me always—promise you will love me always." And in the midst of mutual tears—for the emotions of the younger woman had awakened the sympathies of the elder—this promise was solemnly given by Miss Crawley, who left her little protege, blessing and admiring her as a dear, artless, tender-hearted, affectionate, incomprehensible creature.
And now she was left alone to think over the sudden and wonderful events of the day, and of what had been and what might have been. What think you were the private feelings of Miss, no (begging her pardon) of Mrs. Rebecca? If, a few pages back, the present writer claimed the privilege of peeping into Miss Amelia Sedley's bedroom, and understanding with the omniscience of the novelist all the gentle pains and passions which were tossing upon that innocent pillow, why should he not declare himself to be Rebecca's confidante too, master of her secrets, and seal-keeper of that young woman's conscience?
Well, then, in the first place, Rebecca gave way to some very sincere and touching regrets that a piece of marvellous good fortune should have been so near her, and she actually obliged to decline it. In this natural emotion every properly regulated mind will certainly share. What good mother is there that would not commiserate a penniless spinster, who might have been my lady, and have shared four thousand a year? What well-bred young person is there in all Vanity Fair, who will not feel for a hard-working, ingenious, meritorious girl, who gets such an honourable, advantageous, provoking offer, just at the very moment when it is out of her power to accept it? I am sure our friend Becky's disappointment deserves and will command every sympathy.
I remember one night being in the Fair myself, at an evening party. I observed old Miss Toady there also present, single out for her special attentions and flattery little Mrs. Briefless, the barrister's wife, who is of a good family certainly, but, as we all know, is as poor as poor can be.
What, I asked in my own mind, can cause this obsequiousness on the part of Miss Toady; has Briefless got a county court, or has his wife had a fortune left her? Miss Toady explained presently, with that simplicity which distinguishes all her conduct. "You know," she said, "Mrs Briefless is granddaughter of Sir John Redhand, who is so ill at Cheltenham that he can't last six months. Mrs. Briefless's papa succeeds; so you see she will be a baronet's daughter." And Toady asked Briefless and his wife to dinner the very next week.
If the mere chance of becoming a baronet's daughter can procure a lady such homage in the world, surely, surely we may respect the agonies of a young woman who has lost the opportunity of becoming a baronet's wife. Who would have dreamed of Lady Crawley dying so soon? She was one of those sickly women that might have lasted these ten years—Rebecca thought to herself, in all the woes of repentance—and I might have been my lady! I might have led that old man whither I would. I might have thanked Mrs. Bute for her patronage, and Mr. Pitt for his insufferable condescension. I would have had the town-house newly furnished and decorated. I would have had the handsomest carriage in London, and a box at the opera; and I would have been presented next season. All this might have been; and now—now all was doubt and mystery.
But Rebecca was a young lady of too much resolution and energy of character to permit herself much useless and unseemly sorrow for the irrevocable past; so, having devoted only the proper portion of regret to it, she wisely turned her whole attention towards the future, which was now vastly more important to her. And she surveyed her position, and its hopes, doubts, and chances.
In the first place, she was MARRIED—that was a great fact. Sir Pitt knew it. She was not so much surprised into the avowal, as induced to make it by a sudden calculation. It must have come some day: and why not now as at a later period? He who would have married her himself must at least be silent with regard to her marriage. How Miss Crawley would bear the news—was the great question. Misgivings Rebecca had; but she remembered all Miss Crawley had said; the old lady's avowed contempt for birth; her daring liberal opinions; her general romantic propensities; her almost doting attachment to her nephew, and her repeatedly expressed fondness for Rebecca herself. She is so fond of him, Rebecca thought, that she will forgive him anything: she is so used to me that I don't think she could be comfortable without me: when the eclaircissement comes there will be a scene, and hysterics, and a great quarrel, and then a great reconciliation. At all events, what use was there in delaying? the die was thrown, and now or to-morrow the issue must be the same. And so, resolved that Miss Crawley should have the news, the young person debated in her mind as to the best means of conveying it to her; and whether she should face the storm that must come, or fly and avoid it until its first fury was blown over. In this state of meditation she wrote the following letter:
Dearest Friend,
The great crisis which we have debated about so often is COME. Half of my secret is known, and I have thought and thought, until I am quite sure that now is the time to reveal THE WHOLE OF THE MYSTERY. Sir Pitt came to me this morning, and made—what do you think?—A DECLARATION IN FORM. Think of that! Poor little me. I might have been Lady Crawley. How pleased Mrs. Bute would have been: and ma tante if I had taken precedence of her! I might have been somebody's mamma, instead of—O, I tremble, I tremble, when I think how soon we must tell all!
Sir Pitt knows I am married, and not knowing to whom, is not very much displeased as yet. Ma tante is ACTUALLY ANGRY that I should have refused him. But she is all kindness and graciousness. She condescends to say I would have made him a good wife; and vows that she will be a mother to your little Rebecca. She will be shaken when she first hears the news. But need we fear anything beyond a momentary anger? I think not: I AM SURE not. She dotes upon you so (you naughty, good-for-nothing man), that she would pardon you ANYTHING: and, indeed, I believe, the next place in her heart is mine: and that she would be miserable without me. Dearest! something TELLS ME we shall conquer. You shall leave that odious regiment: quit gaming, racing, and BE A GOOD BOY; and we shall all live in Park Lane, and ma tante shall leave us all her money.
I shall try and walk to-morrow at 3 in the usual place. If Miss B. accompanies me, you must come to dinner, and bring an answer, and put it in the third volume of Porteus's Sermons. But, at all events, come to your own
R.
To Miss Eliza Styles, At Mr. Barnet's, Saddler, Knightsbridge.
And I trust there is no reader of this little story who has not discernment enough to perceive that the Miss Eliza Styles (an old schoolfellow, Rebecca said, with whom she had resumed an active correspondence of late, and who used to fetch these letters from the saddler's), wore brass spurs, and large curling mustachios, and was indeed no other than Captain Rawdon Crawley.
CHAPTER XVI
The Letter on the Pincushion
How they were married is not of the slightest consequence to anybody. What is to hinder a Captain who is a major, and a young lady who is of age, from purchasing a licence, and uniting themselves at any church in this town? Who needs to be told, that if a woman has a will she will assuredly find a way?—My belief is that one day, when Miss Sharp had gone to pass the forenoon with her dear friend Miss Amelia Sedley in Russell Square, a lady very like her might have been seen entering a church in the City, in company with a gentleman with dyed mustachios, who, after a quarter of an hour's interval, escorted her back to the hackney-coach in waiting, and that this was a quiet bridal party.
And who on earth, after the daily experience we have, can question the probability of a gentleman marrying anybody? How many of the wise and learned have married their cooks? Did not Lord Eldon himself, the most prudent of men, make a runaway match? Were not Achilles and Ajax both in love with their servant maids? And are we to expect a heavy dragoon with strong desires and small brains, who had never controlled a passion in his life, to become prudent all of a sudden, and to refuse to pay any price for an indulgence to which he had a mind? If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!
It seems to me, for my part, that Mr. Rawdon's marriage was one of the honestest actions which we shall have to record in any portion of that gentleman's biography which has to do with the present history. No one will say it is unmanly to be captivated by a woman, or, being captivated, to marry her; and the admiration, the delight, the passion, the wonder, the unbounded confidence, and frantic adoration with which, by degrees, this big warrior got to regard the little Rebecca, were feelings which the ladies at least will pronounce were not altogether discreditable to him. When she sang, every note thrilled in his dull soul, and tingled through his huge frame. When she spoke, he brought all the force of his brains to listen and wonder. If she was jocular, he used to revolve her jokes in his mind, and explode over them half an hour afterwards in the street, to the surprise of the groom in the tilbury by his side, or the comrade riding with him in Rotten Row. Her words were oracles to him, her smallest actions marked by an infallible grace and wisdom. "How she sings,—how she paints," thought he. "How she rode that kicking mare at Queen's Crawley!" And he would say to her in confidential moments, "By Jove, Beck, you're fit to be Commander-in-Chief, or Archbishop of Canterbury, by Jove." Is his case a rare one? and don't we see every day in the world many an honest Hercules at the apron-strings of Omphale, and great whiskered Samsons prostrate in Delilah's lap?
When, then, Becky told him that the great crisis was near, and the time for action had arrived, Rawdon expressed himself as ready to act under her orders, as he would be to charge with his troop at the command of his colonel. There was no need for him to put his letter into the third volume of Porteus. Rebecca easily found a means to get rid of Briggs, her companion, and met her faithful friend in "the usual place" on the next day. She had thought over matters at night, and communicated to Rawdon the result of her determinations. He agreed, of course, to everything; was quite sure that it was all right: that what she proposed was best; that Miss Crawley would infallibly relent, or "come round," as he said, after a time. Had Rebecca's resolutions been entirely different, he would have followed them as implicitly. "You have head enough for both of us, Beck," said he. "You're sure to get us out of the scrape. I never saw your equal, and I've met with some clippers in my time too." And with this simple confession of faith, the love-stricken dragoon left her to execute his part of the project which she had formed for the pair.
It consisted simply in the hiring of quiet lodgings at Brompton, or in the neighbourhood of the barracks, for Captain and Mrs. Crawley. For Rebecca had determined, and very prudently, we think, to fly. Rawdon was only too happy at her resolve; he had been entreating her to take this measure any time for weeks past. He pranced off to engage the lodgings with all the impetuosity of love. He agreed to pay two guineas a week so readily, that the landlady regretted she had asked him so little. He ordered in a piano, and half a nursery-house full of flowers: and a heap of good things. As for shawls, kid gloves, silk stockings, gold French watches, bracelets and perfumery, he sent them in with the profusion of blind love and unbounded credit. And having relieved his mind by this outpouring of generosity, he went and dined nervously at the club, waiting until the great moment of his life should come.
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- Vanity Fair - 50Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 2778Total number of unique words is 98853.8 of words are in the 2000 most common words71.5 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.2 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 51Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3453Total number of unique words is 116652.0 of words are in the 2000 most common words71.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words78.6 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 52Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3294Total number of unique words is 106555.3 of words are in the 2000 most common words70.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words77.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 53Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3448Total number of unique words is 111855.2 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.5 of words are in the 5000 most common words81.1 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 54Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3359Total number of unique words is 114453.3 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.5 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.4 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 55Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3343Total number of unique words is 114753.6 of words are in the 2000 most common words70.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words78.0 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 56Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3320Total number of unique words is 111855.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words71.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.4 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 57Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3230Total number of unique words is 109154.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words71.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 58Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 2917Total number of unique words is 98753.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.7 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 59Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3404Total number of unique words is 116550.4 of words are in the 2000 most common words69.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words76.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 60Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3546Total number of unique words is 112054.9 of words are in the 2000 most common words73.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.5 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 61Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3464Total number of unique words is 120350.8 of words are in the 2000 most common words67.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words74.3 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 62Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3476Total number of unique words is 118551.8 of words are in the 2000 most common words70.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words78.2 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 63Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3427Total number of unique words is 109755.9 of words are in the 2000 most common words73.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words82.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 64Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3344Total number of unique words is 114955.3 of words are in the 2000 most common words74.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words82.3 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 65Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3365Total number of unique words is 108756.9 of words are in the 2000 most common words74.7 of words are in the 5000 most common words82.0 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 66Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3326Total number of unique words is 120448.0 of words are in the 2000 most common words66.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words74.2 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 67Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3207Total number of unique words is 116947.3 of words are in the 2000 most common words64.5 of words are in the 5000 most common words72.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 68Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3450Total number of unique words is 103055.0 of words are in the 2000 most common words73.2 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 69Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3489Total number of unique words is 111556.0 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.5 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 70Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3539Total number of unique words is 109156.6 of words are in the 2000 most common words73.7 of words are in the 5000 most common words81.0 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 71Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3248Total number of unique words is 103158.0 of words are in the 2000 most common words74.7 of words are in the 5000 most common words81.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 72Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3445Total number of unique words is 103958.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words75.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words83.2 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 73Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3438Total number of unique words is 113552.6 of words are in the 2000 most common words70.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words78.6 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 74Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3103Total number of unique words is 106251.9 of words are in the 2000 most common words71.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words78.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 75Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3303Total number of unique words is 111653.4 of words are in the 2000 most common words69.6 of words are in the 5000 most common words76.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 76Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3377Total number of unique words is 107858.4 of words are in the 2000 most common words73.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 77Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3399Total number of unique words is 115153.5 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.4 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.6 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 78Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3437Total number of unique words is 106358.1 of words are in the 2000 most common words75.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.6 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 79Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3401Total number of unique words is 116755.1 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.7 of words are in the 5000 most common words81.1 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 80Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3328Total number of unique words is 103058.6 of words are in the 2000 most common words76.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words84.3 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 81Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3146Total number of unique words is 118249.4 of words are in the 2000 most common words65.4 of words are in the 5000 most common words72.3 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 82Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3361Total number of unique words is 115952.1 of words are in the 2000 most common words69.5 of words are in the 5000 most common words76.3 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 83Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3322Total number of unique words is 114849.8 of words are in the 2000 most common words66.8 of words are in the 5000 most common words73.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 84Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3347Total number of unique words is 115654.2 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.2 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.6 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 85Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3282Total number of unique words is 115649.0 of words are in the 2000 most common words64.8 of words are in the 5000 most common words72.1 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 86Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3380Total number of unique words is 116453.6 of words are in the 2000 most common words70.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words78.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 87Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3198Total number of unique words is 106857.2 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.5 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 88Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3371Total number of unique words is 100761.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words78.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words85.1 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 89Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3197Total number of unique words is 108955.1 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.0 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.6 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 90Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3382Total number of unique words is 106958.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words74.6 of words are in the 5000 most common words81.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 91Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 1325Total number of unique words is 55263.4 of words are in the 2000 most common words77.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words84.0 of words are in the 8000 most common words