Book of Snobs
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Chapter 1 of 46 Prefatory Remarks
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- 7 h 21 min
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- English
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- Barry Eads, Bellona Times, Bev J Stevens, Caroline Shapiro, Courtney Smith and 15 others
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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)