The Book of Snobs, Written by One of Them. Rebecca and Rowena

Even before "Vanity Fair," Thackeray caused a sensation in society with a series of caustic, witty articles ridiculing the various types of snobs one could encounter in Victorian society. Students and military personnel, merchants and clergymen, judges and politicians — the author spared no one. Originally published in the magazine "Punch," the articles were collected under one cover titled "The Book of Snobs, Written by One of Them." In the ironic novella "Rebecca and Rowena," Thackeray speculated on how the further fate of the heroes of Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe" might unfold…