Title: The book of snobs
First published: 1848
Description: Thackeray contributed regularly to Fraser's Magazine, Morning Chronicle, New Monthly Magazine and The Times. His writings attracted first attention in Punch, where he satirized English snobbery. These sketches reappeared in 1848 as The Book of Snobs, stating in it that "he who meanly admires mean things is a Snob."
Subjects: Snobs and snobbishness, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, Humor, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, Description and travel