num_pages: 142
description: John,Duke of Bedford divides his work into two parts, one on the Theory of Snobbery, and the second on Practice. In the first he tells us what the Oxford Dictionary says about snobs. They are 'persons with exaggerated respect for social position or wealth and a disposition to be ashamed of socially inferior connections, behave with servility to social superiors and judge of merit by externals'.Bedford wants to go farther than this. He agrees that for snob it is not the essence, but 'the appearance that matters'.But he says snobbery in a broader way as a 'problem of belonging. Snobbery " is the desperate desire to belong to a class or circle to which one does not belong" .. he always aspires to be tolerated and ridiculed member of one class one grade higher than his own."Bedford in the second part of the book goes on to give practical methods for satisfying one's snobbish needs. he provides a kind of guide for successful snobbery.
language: English
title: The Duke of Bedford's Book Of Snobs
titlecomplete: The Duke of Bedford's Book Of Snobs
ratings_count: 24
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