这部小说讽刺了19世纪英国社会。贝基是个孤儿，为了在社会上取得成功、获得财富，她不择手段。她自私自利，为了实现自己的野心而利用他人。
Miriam Hopkins
Becky Sharp
Frances Dee
Amelia Sedley
Cedric Hardwicke
Marquis of Steyne
Billie Burke
Lady Bareacres
Alison Skipworth
Miss Crawley
Nigel Bruce
Joseph Sedley
Alan Mowbray
Rawdon Crawley
G.P. Huntley
George Osborne
William Stack
Pitt Crawley
George Hassell
Sir Pitt Crawley
William Faversham
Duke of Wellington
Charles Richman
Gen. Tufto
Doris Lloyd
Duchess of Richmond
Colin Tapley
William Dobbin
