by William Makepeace Thackeray · Flammarion · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782080706058
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«Le livre des snobs» is the satirical book by William Makepeace Thackeray, published by Flammarion in paperback (255 pages, in French).
It brings together satirical sketches of mid-19th-century English society. With irony and humour, Thackeray describes the obsession with appearances, social hierarchies and snobbery across different classes; the work spread the term «snob» in its current sense. Thackeray presents the subject as an almost scientific study of social behaviour.
The original title, «The Book of Snobs», was published in 1848. This French edition, in Flammarion's GF collection, appeared on 7 January 1993.
Of interest to readers of classic literature, British humour and 19th-century social criticism.
William Makepeace Thackeray 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.
