The Book of Snobs
The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:¿I am the individual destined to write that work¿My vocation is announced in terms of great eloquence¿I show that the world has been gradually preparing itself for the WORK and the MAN¿Snobs are to be studied like other objects of Natural Science, and are a part of the Beautiful (with a large B). They pervade all classes¿Affecting instance of Colonel Snobley. (Summary excerpted from Prefatory Remarks from the book by W. M. Thackeray)

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The Book of Snobs
The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:¿I am the individual destined to write that work¿My vocation is announced in terms of great eloquence¿I show that the world has been gradually preparing itself for the WORK and the MAN¿Snobs are to be studied like other objects of Natural Science, and are a part of the Beautiful (with a large B). They pervade all classes¿Affecting instance of Colonel Snobley. (Summary excerpted from Prefatory Remarks from the book by W. M. Thackeray)

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The Book of Snobs

The Book of Snobs

by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Book of Snobs

The Book of Snobs

by William Makepeace Thackeray

 


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The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:¿I am the individual destined to write that work¿My vocation is announced in terms of great eloquence¿I show that the world has been gradually preparing itself for the WORK and the MAN¿Snobs are to be studied like other objects of Natural Science, and are a part of the Beautiful (with a large B). They pervade all classes¿Affecting instance of Colonel Snobley. (Summary excerpted from Prefatory Remarks from the book by W. M. Thackeray)


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