Snobs is the story of Edith Lavery, the attractive only child of a comfortably-off accountant, who earns a living answering the telephone in a Chelsea estate agents. Attending Royal Ascot, she meets Charles Broughton, who as Earl Broughton and heir to the Marquess of Uckfield, is a gossip-column favourite. He proposes, she accepts - and here is the crux of the story: is she really in love with Charles or with his title and all that goes with it? The story is narrated by a journeyman character actor who comfortably moves among the upper and middle classes, while observing their foibles.
- ISBN
9780752867946
- Published
- May 20th 2004 by Orion Publishing Co
- Category
- Modern Fiction
- County of origin
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Dimensions
- 140 x 106
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