The Book of Snobs

“By One Of Themselves”

by

William Makepeace Thackeray

eBooks@Adelaide
2006

Originally printed in Punch (53 nos.), 28 Feb., 1846–27 Feb., 1847 as The Snobs of England, by one of themselves.. Published as The Book of Snobs in 1848, with seven chapters, viz. XVII–XXIII, omitted. Reprinted in Miscellanies, vol. I, and separately, 1855. The missing chapters were restored in the Library edition, vol. XXIII.

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Table of Contents

Prefatory Remarks

  1. The Snob Playfully Dealt with
  2. The Snob Royal
  3. The Influence of the Aristocracy On Snobs
  4. The Court Circular, and Its Influence On Snobs
  5. What Snobs Admire
  6. On Some Respectable Snobs
  7. On Some Respectable Snobs
  8. Great City Snobs
  9. On Some Military Snobs
  10. Military Snobs
  11. On Clerical Snobs
  12. On Clerical Snobs and Snobbishness
  13. On Clerical Snobs
  14. On University Snobs
  15. On University Snobs
  16. On Literary Snobs
  17. A Little About Irish Snobs
  18. Party-Giving Snobs
  19. Dining-Out Snobs
  20. Dinner-Giving Snobs Further Considered
  21. Some Continental Snobs
  22. Continental Snobbery Continued
  23. English Snobs On the Continent
  24. On Some Country Snobs
  25. A Visit to Some Country Snobs
  26. On Some Country Snobs
  27. A Visit to Some Country Snobs
  28. On Some Country Snobs
  29. A Visit to Some Country Snobs
  30. On Some Country Snobs
  31. A Visit to Some Country Snobs
  32. Snobbium Gatherum
  33. Snobs and Marriage
  34. Snobs and Marriage
  35. Snobs and Marriage
  36. Snobs and Marriage
  37. Club Snobs
  38. Club Snobs
  39. Club Snobs
  40. Club Snobs
  41. Club Snobs
  42. Club Snobs
  43. Club Snobs
  44. Club Snobs

Concluding Observations On Snobs

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