Publisher's Synopsis
The Book of Snobs by William Makepeace Thackeray is a satirical work that explores the social hierarchy of Victorian England. Thackeray, himself a member of the upper class, takes a critical look at the behavior and attitudes of those who consider themselves to be socially superior. The book is divided into chapters that examine different types of snobs, such as military snobs, literary snobs, and country snobs. Thackeray uses humor and wit to expose the ridiculousness of snobbish behavior and to show the reader how arbitrary and meaningless social distinctions can be. The book is a commentary on the social mores of Victorian England, but its observations about human nature and the dangers of arrogance and conceit are still relevant today.If you, who are a person of the middle ranks of life, are a Snob, --you whom nobody flatters particularly; you who have no toadies; you whom no cringing flunkeys or shopmen bow out of doors; you whom the policeman tells to move on; you who are jostled in the crowd of this world, and amongst the Snobs our brethren: consider how much harder it is for a man to escape who has not your advantages, and is all his life long subject to adulation; the butt of meanness; consider how difficult it is for the Snobs' idol not to be a Snob.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work
