Snobs A Novel
Snobs A Novel by Julian Fellowes, published by Phoenix in 2005, is a sharp exploration of social dynamics and snobbery set in 1990s London. The story follows a perceptive thirty-something protagonist who introduces his beautiful friend Edith Lavery to the earnest Lord Charles Broughton. As Charles falls in love and proposes to the indifferent Edith, the narrative unfolds to reveal the complexities of their relationships and the societal expectations that ensnare them.
Readers will find a brilliantly acerbic tale that delves into themes of social climbing and marital folly. Edith’s journey through the upper echelons of society and her subsequent disillusionment with the theater world highlight the pettiness and self-absorption prevalent in both realms. This edition spans 345 pages and is presented in English, offering a humorous yet critical lens on the nature of envy and social status.
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Wodehouse gets a modern twist in this brilliantly acerbic tale of snobbery and marital tomfoolery in 1990s London. Our nameless protagonist, a jovial, perceptive sort of 30-something fellow hanging affably about the fringes of society, introduces his middle-class but sleek and beautiful friend Edith Lavery to the earnest but dull Lord Charles Broughton. Much to the dismay of “civilized” society, Charles falls in love and proposes to the social-climbing but largely indifferent Edith. Even after she is married, Edith is snubbed and humiliated at every turn (in the slyest, politest possible way, of course), until she moves out in a huff with her married lover, Simon Russell, an actor/ego-on-legs who is eating up the publicity that comes with being seen with a countess and eager for this entrée into society (he doesn’t realize Edith has been cast into the societal dung heap). To Edith’s consternation, the glittering world of theater turns out to be just as small-minded and dull as that of society, with the added disadvantage of it not involving much money. Gossipy and dishy, this debut by the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Gosford Park is a merciless and hilarious sendup of snobbery and social jealousy, revealing the pettiness and self-absorption of both the envious and the envied. Copyright © Reed Business Information
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