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The Book of Snobs is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray published in book form in 1848, the same year as his more famous Vanity Fair. The pieces first appeared in fifty-three weekly pieces from February 28, 1846 to February 27, 1847, as "The Snobs of England, by one of themselves", in the satirical magazine Punch .
William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick.
First edition (publ. Weidenfeld & Nicolson) Snobs is Julian Fellowes's debut novel first published in the UK in 2004. It centres on modern British aristocracy and the courtship and marriage of Charles, Earl Broughton, and Miss Edith Lavery.
In 1990, a book of his English translations of the early poems of Boris Pasternak, Second Nature, once again caused a media furore, with critics like Craig Raine denouncing him for appropriating the Russian poet's idiom while defenders, such as the poet's sister Josephine Pasternak and the poet Charles Causley, praised his lyrical audacity. [6]
The Snob's Dictionary is a series of books by Vanity Fair contributing writer David Kamp [1] [2] that gently satirizes snobbery (cinephilia (Film Snob), [3] [4] [5] rock music (Rock Snob), [6] winery (Wine Snob) [7] and fine cuisine (Food Snob) [8] [9] [10]) which soon became a video series with some episodes narrated by actor Judah Friedlander.
Confessions is Stephen Snyder's 2014 translation of Kanae Minato's 2008 debut novel, Kokuhaku. It is a suspense novel that traces the impact of a schoolteacher's act of revenge, and it deals with themes of motherhood and power as well as social issues like AIDS and hikikomori. The novel's chapters are in the form of a one-sided conversation, a ...
Skinhead Confessions: From Hate to Hope : T. J. Leyden with Bridget M. Cook (ISBN 978-1-59955-133-3) Skinhead International: A Worldwide Survey of Neo-Nazi Skinheads : B'Nai B'Rith Anti-Defamation League ( ISBN 0-88464-166-X )
Lever was born in Amiens Street, Dublin, the second son of James Lever, an architect and builder, and was educated in private schools.His escapades at Trinity College, Dublin (1823–1828), where he took the degree in medicine in 1831, are drawn on for the plots of some of his novels.