The book of snobs

The Book of Snobs by William Makepeace Thackeray is a collection of satirical works first published in 1848 .In  It consists of sketches of London characters and displays Thackeray’s virtuosity in quick character-drawing. Thackeray’s adoption of the term ‘Snob’ to refer to people who look down on others quickly gained popularity.

A collection of satirical works on English society in the mid 19th century and attributed with coining the word snob in its current usage.This humorous study begins with the assertion that ‘Snobs are to be studied like other objects of Natural Science’