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Snobs

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What a marvelous find this book turned out to be! I must say, I almost did not read it. But I was curious, having read a critic of it in a magazine.

Snob is about a young woman in London, who marries a lord. In this day and age, with all that has been said about monarchy, the Royals and all the Scandals, it is surprising to care at all. I actually more then cared, I was fascinated. The author sets about to explain, very clearly indeed, the different way of life that the "higher class" has, or see themselves to have. He did a fantastic job at explaining the nuances and the traditions of a world that very few of "us" will ever experience. He pointed out, quite rightly, that we judge it and make fun of it yet, given a chance, we will all want to be invited in (most of us would deny this if asked!).

Edith sets about to marry a lord and once she does so, she is surprised to find out exactly what that life is all about. I don't want to give away too much but we follow her and her friends through a few years. Suffice it to say that she acts very badly and, yet I saw myself rooting for her, hoping she would pull it off, if only to give it back to a few people that had treated her badly (even if they were right, at times, to do so!). Throw in a few actors in the mix and it's off to a jolly good time!

Pick up this book if you want to be entertained!

I picked up Snobs becuase I had also read Julian Fellowes novel Past Imperfect. I needn't have worried that Snobs couldn't possibly be as good - it was first rate, just as good, if not better. I wish he would write more! Fellowes is a brilliant observer of the English upper classes, but he is also a great story teller.