Name: Le Livre Des Snobs (1857) (in French)
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Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
ISBN: 9781160561860

portada Le Livre Des Snobs (1857) (in French)

Type

Physical Book

Author

William Makepeace Thackeray

Translated by

Georges Guiffrey

Publisher

Kessinger Publishing

Language

French

Pages

252

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.54 kg.

ISBN13

9781160561860

Synopsis "Le Livre Des Snobs (1857) (in French)"

Le Livre des Snobs est un livre de l'��crivain anglais William Makepeace Thackeray, publi�� en 1857. Ce livre est une satire de la soci��t�� britannique de l'��poque victorienne et de ses snobs, ces personnes qui cherchent �� se montrer sup��rieures aux autres en adoptant des comportements pr��tentieux et en suivant les derni��res modes.Thackeray y d��crit avec humour et ironie les diff��rents types de snobs, qu'ils soient snobs de naissance, snobs par ambition, snobs litt��raires, artistiques ou politiques. Il se moque ��galement des snobs qui cherchent �� imiter les classes sup��rieures sans en avoir les moyens, ainsi que des snobs qui se pr��tendent amis des pauvres sans jamais les c��toyer.Le Livre des Snobs est un ouvrage important de la litt��rature victorienne, qui a influenc�� de nombreux ��crivains et qui reste aujourd'hui une r��f��rence pour comprendre l'��volution de la soci��t�� britannique au XIXe si��cle.This Book Is In French.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was a British novelist, known for his sharp social satire and portrayal of the aristocracy and middle class in Victorian England. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, but did not complete his education. After dabbling in journalism and illustration, he established himself as a writer with a style marked by humor and biting criticism of social hypocrisy.

Among his most notable works is Vanity Fair (1848), a social critique novel about ambition and hypocrisy in British society. He also wrote The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon (1844), which inspired Stanley Kubrick's film, and The History of Pendennis (1848-1850), a bildungsroman with autobiographical overtones. His literary legacy positions him as one of the great writers of the 19th century.

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