萨克雷风格.ppt

the society the inhuman institutions and corrupted government not embrace people of all social strata(阶级） The Book of Snobs 《庸人之书》or《势利眼集》 social satirist ← Though the world he depicts is predominantly that of the upper class in the early 19th century--with its whirling ballrooms（舞厅）, noisy parties, heavily curtained bedrooms, elegantly ladies and gentlemen at card-tables and billiard rooms, flirting or gambling, where money is made and lost, and ambitions are thwarted(挫败) and stupid favored--- his social climbers and snobs