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The Canadian Book of Snobs

Book information

Publisher
Dundurn;Hounslow Press
ISBN
0888821999, 9781459727151, 1459727150
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1292598 bytes)
Series
DesLibris. Books collection
Pages
292 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Are you a snob? Then why not learn to do it right? Study this revolutionary work and become a Canadian Snob of Distinction! Victoria Branden has traced the history of Snobbery from its pre-human roots to our own era, in our own country, and has enunciated the definitive Theory of Snobbery. She examines its evolution from its crude beginnings to its present confused state, with detailed study of the most important types of snobbery, distinguishing Goodsnobs from Badsnobs, experts from fumbling amateurs. Snobbery has influenced history at least as much as the invention of the wheel or the printing press, which were probably actually inspired by snob instincts. Always staunchly patriotic, Ms. Branden has given particular attention to Canadian Snobs, who have been until this time gravely neglected in both life and literature, and has provided Canadian Snobmodels by which we can be guided to higher and better levels of Snobbery. She finds a certain lack of...

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