Thackeray originated the modern meaning of the word snob in a series of essays for Punch magazine, the British humor periodical. Those essays are collected in this volume. With the organizational drive of a naturalist, Thackeray classifies the varied manifestations of snobbery in societymany of which remain all too common today.
| ISBN: | 9781411435551 |
| Publication date: | 8th February 2011 |
| Author: | Thackeray, William Makepeace |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |