Becky Sharp International Television Festival as well as a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role as well. Olivia Cooke played Sharp in a 2018 television series, screened on ITV over seven episodes. Becky Sharp Rebecca Sharp is the main protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1847–48 novel "Vanity Fair". She is presented as a cynical social climber who uses her charms to fascinate and seduce upper-class men. This is in contrast with the clinging, dependent Amelia Sedley, her friend whom she befriends at school. Becky then uses Amelia as a stepping stone to gain social position. Sharp functions as a
Jimmy the Hand (novel) in the world of Midkemia. It was first released by Harper Collins on July 7, 2003 in the United Kingdom. It was released in the United States in August 2008. The book constitutes a kind of prequel to the earlier-published "The Riftwar Saga", in which (among many other plotlines) the later life of Jimmy is depicted. Jimmy the Hand (novel) Jimmy the Hand is a fantasy novel by American writers Raymond E. Feist and S. M. Stirling. The third and final book in "Legends of the Riftwar" series, it details the story of Jimmy, a 13- to 16-year-old thief, who