Amelia Sedley & William Dobbin | Vanity Fair 1998

I`ve been suddenly fascinated by Philip Glenister.) He`s so lovely and adorable, especially in his early works like Vanity Fair. His William Dobbin is a synonim to unrequired love, so charming in his loyalty.
I just wanted to make something tender and soft)
by Lachka
Song: Jack Savoretti -- Hate and Love

[@Jen999]

You can say all you want about him .. to me, William Dobbin is the hero of Vanity Fair .. I was attracted to him from the opening pages of the book ,, and fell in love with his beautiful and honourable character as the novel progressed .. and felt hapoy for him as the novel ended ., William Dobbin .. all the way through.. was noble.. kind .. gentle .. selfless.. filled with courage and strength .. an inspiration ., William was indomitable ., phenomenal., and resilient .. and even when he finally achieves his hearts desire and marries Amelia ., he realizes she has not been worth the 20 year struggle .. still ., he marries her and treats her with gentleness and kindness anyway ., William Dobbin is a gentle man ., the only hero in this book ., an incredible man who never wavered from his course and ultimately reached his goal ., yes he was hurt badly along the way .. but he could look at himself in the mirror each day ., knowing he had done his best .. he was truly a good man in every sense of the word., worthy of respect and love .. and that is why I love him so myself .. Jen999💙

[@user-rm7zf4bw2b]

BEAUTIFUL tribute!!! I completely agree! He is the true hero of the novel! Along with (to a lesser degree) Jane Crawley. I am disappointed FOR him. And a little dissappointed IN him that he took the worthless Amelia back. BUT... The heart wants what it wants. I wished so much better for him, that he would meet a woman worthy of his love and devotion, and I feel it was weak of him to take Amelia back. BUT, I think he found a lot more joy in his daughter than he ever did in Amelia. So, I hope that was worth it to him. I hope he lived a beautiful life.

[@Jen999]

@@user-rm7zf4bw2b Me too.. your kind words made my day.. thank you so much💜💙❣️

[@susanlinton5981]

I married my Dobbin. One of the lucky few.

[@user-rm7zf4bw2b]

Hopefully you treated hi better than the worthless Amelia did.

[@trzagor2769]

This is my favorite vanity fair!!

[@paulgarland3140]

Beautifully crafted from the best version ever made. Timeless! Thanks!

[@Amelia-nq3wr]

Everytime I watch this I cry..

[@MalonsMilk]

My memory is a bit hazy as I read the book so long ago but pretty sure Dobbin does get the girl in the end however he has lost a lot of love and respect for her for the way she acted towards George and her incessant loyalty towards a dead man. It seemed that in the end his prize had grown dusty and was a mere keepsake of his younger more passionate days.

[@mmctabby]

Oooh, lovely! Adding to my "Vanity Fair 1998 fanvids" playlist. Nicely done! :)

[@meduzamay9742]

It`s really very beautiful thing. I can watch your clip every day and have fun. I`m too like Dobbin and Amelia! :3 Wish you only good and thanks for so nice 3 minutes!

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

Why has this not been done more in movies and literature ? All I can think of is Nils in Frasier loving his brothers housekeeper, and the song `My Best Friends Girl` by The Cars. It must actually be very common for someone to love their friends partner (unrequited).

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

Kandy Kandy- sighs, I mean the concept of unrequited love. Not Vanity Fair the book.

[@aliuminspem]

How about Love Actually, the "to me you are perfect" scene:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGjYZ5WDd9F2jtk

[@user-jq7uj8zs7o]

Это это любовь

[@Pip-ti9xp]

I want to make myself a t-shirt with "Mrs William Dobbin" on it..he is not as good looking but personality wise he is better than Mr Darcy and that is saying something!

[@dreamstreetrose318]

He is underappreciated. ❤

[@Jen999]

William Dobbin is a rose among thorns.. a true gentle man .. a hero .. he is worthy of far more than he ever received.. he is noble and kind .. and in the end he has a child who gives him the love snd respect he so genuinely deserved.. I too would like a Mrs William Dobbin t-shirt .. I would be honored to wear it🌹 Jen998💙

[@user-mz3ct4rl2w]

Неужели только англичане так могут любить

[@emmacarroll5865]

Dobbin... Sigh...... :-) :-)

[@Pip-ti9xp]

I know he is adorable!

[@cristysaenz1745]

Where can i find the complete serie? This one 1998

[@susanlinton5981]

Check library book sales, which have tons of dvds and blu ray for sale. Also, thrift books and shopgoodwill books also have movies really cheap-often hard to find ones. Amazon probably has this too.

[@cristysaenz1745]

@@susanlinton5981 tnks Susan!

[@donnyetta]

unrequited

[@voraciousreader3341]

Sorry Lachka....in your description you wrote, “unrequiRed love (unrequired). Which isn’t a word, really. What you wanted to say is, “unrequiTed love” (unrequited). You’re welcome.

[@msinvincible2000]

A woman would love to have someone like Dobbin, but come on, you have to admit that the man had no self respect or pride. At first I found him adorable, at the end I thought he was just pathetic!

[@mrpurser3136]

msinvincible2000 Fought well at Waterloo though.

[@msinvincible2000]

You can be totally without self respect or pride and yet fight well on the battlefield

[@mrpurser3136]

msinvincible2000 Dobbin did have self respect, don’t you remember he gave her an ultimatum at the end?

[@msinvincible2000]

He waited 20 years to do that!!! No person who has a tiny bit of self respect and backbone would do that

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

msinvincible2000- Dobbin is a great character in English literature. You however are troll making comments of KZbin. Who is pathetic ?

[@redstar7292]

Ugh hated Dobbin...I always thought he was really weak. Micro aggression at its worst. He should have cut out that waste of space George and made an offer to Amelia. But was to busy being nice and brown nosing him. He then just dithers when she's living in squalid poverty as a widow. He ultimately just ends up blaming her for his own patheticness..and when he's got her. .. doesn't love her anymore. Which goes to prove he only liked her because she was so unobtainable & his best friends girl..

[@YHBW1001]

Don’t confuse kindness with weakness

[@susanlinton5981]

Red Star-actually both George and his father (I don’t know who was worse) had begun to look higher than Amelia (although they’d been unofficially betrothed since childhood), which would have destroyed Amelia, who adored George. It was only Dobbin’s very careful and very deliberate intervention that persuaded George that he would go through with the wedding, as an honorable man would. So if Dobbin wanted to just pursue his own self interest, all he needed to do was sit back and watch George back out of the engagement. He couldn’t stand to see his friend act so dishonorably, or to see Amelia cast aside and heartbroken. It was only after George’s death that he felt it acceptable to pursue Amelia, who grieving for George, only saw his attention as that of a great friend. And it was Becky that finally revealed to Amelia what a truly false man George had been, and opened her eyes. I’m afraid Becky’s friend Amelia, although gentle and kind, was a little slow in the romantic department

[@susanlinton5981]

@@redstar7292 It’s the reverse. Dobbin attended the same (probably fairly expensive) school as George. Dobbin’s quietly reading a book when he looks up to see a classmate being totally thrashed by an unknown lad. Without thinking, he ditched his book, ran up to the two, and in one superbly placed punch, knocked the bully down and out, and assisted George Osborn (who he’d never met) to his feet. That was the start of their friendship. In awe of George? The kid was getting hammered. Rich? Yea, but Dobbin’s working class father could afford the same school so his Dad was coming up in the world (and in later references continues the family rise in business. Shopkeeper vs. trader-in those times the difference was a subtle snobby one, but Dobbin never comes across as a snob. George does. The key-both father’s worked, so they both were not of the very highest elite-the landed gentry). George was proud, snobby, vain etc, yet he knew he lacked something-and that something was what Dobbin had. Integrity, honesty, courage, respect. Hence, George paid great attention to Dobbin’s advice. And in George, Dobbin saw a new friend that came from “good family” , good natured and intelligent, but who also succumbed to fits of weakness (buying a trinket for himself when he originally borrowed the money from Dobbin to buy a present for Amelia etc). He felt he could occasionally give George sound advice. Who was always short of money-George. Dobbin never borrowed money, and never needed to. Dobbin was very grounded, as we say today. Inferiority complex? Never. He knew exactly who he was. And he would never steal another man’s fiancé away. Now, if Amelia had broken off from George, he would have waited a suitable amount of time, and then start to “pay his addresses” to her. But, really, inferiority complex? I see Dobbin completely differently. But that’s what makes book discussions interesting.

[@redstar7292]

@@susanlinton5981 everyone has a different take on these things..Thackery does describe him as having a complex over his class inferiority.

[@susanlinton5981]

@@redstar7292 Remember Amelia’s Dad bankrupted the family over a very unsound investment. They were penniless now. All old acquaintances and friends dropped away. No one would have seen Amelia as a suitable matrimonial match anymore. To spite his father and show his independence, and also to prove to his friend Dobbin he could be an honorable man, George went through with the wedding to the girl he had long been engaged to. Only Dobbin stood by them both. And Dobbin could do nothing for Amelia, or her family. He was not kin, or a fiancé. Amelia’s brother Josh was notified in India of his family’s misfortunes, and he sent them money, but barely enough. The egotistical, vain Josh never thought to come home, resettle his family comfortably etc. His father, out of shame, downplayed the straits they were in, and should have requested more assistance from his only son. Josh could certainly have done a lot more-he was doing extremely well in India. But Dobbin stood by Amelia, and saw her safely married to George (he thought). He did not desert her. Later, he also worked hard to persuade Mr. Osborne to assist his son’s widow, and grandchild. I still think Dobbin is the most admirable of the characters in the book.