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Loading... The Book of Snobs (original 1848; edition 2015)by William Makepeace Thackeray (Author)
Work InformationThe Book of Snobs by William Makepeace Thackeray (1848)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I am still working my way through this book. Thackeray wrote it as periodicals for a paper and so there isn't a narrative directly to follow which felt a bit arduous reading it "chapter" by chapter, I have been enjoying it although, Thackeray is deft with his wit and severe with his criticism of "snobs" although as he goes along he begins including himself as a "snob" which initially he denied outright earlier on in the novel. I will write a more comprehensive review when I complete it. This is a delightful find. A collection of essays from Punch in which Thackeray pokes fun at much of his world. The final chapter/instalment explicitly sets out the author's view - that it is an affront that people gain automatic status based on their birth - either to a title or to a fortune. Thomas Piketty would applaud! Aside from the philosophy, there is a lot of fun in these pages. Some of the fun is that intended by Thackeray, and some other fun comes about as the book provides for the modern reader a perspective on a lost world of Victorian England. Read June 2015. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Satirical genius William Makepeace Thackeray may be best remembered for novels like Vanity Fair, but he first made his name as a writer as a contributor to magazines like Punch. In these pieces, Thackeray often mercilessly skewered the pretensions of the British upper classes. The collection Book of Snobs brings together some of Thackeray's finest work in this vein, and it's a must-read for fans of witty humor writing. .No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)828.8Literature English English miscellaneous writings 1837-1899LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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