10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHABBY-GENTEEL»
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shabby-genteel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shabby-genteel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Philip (Volume 1); To Which Is Prefixed, a
Shabby Genteel Story
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William Makepeace Thackeray, 2010
2
Catherine; a
Shabby Genteel Story; the Second Funeral of ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
William Makepeace Thackeray, 2012
3
Sketches by Boz: illustration of every-day life and ...
CHAPTER X. SHABBY-GENTEEL PEOPLE. THERE are certain descriptions of
people who, oddly enough, appear to appertain exclusively to the metropolis.
You meet them every day in the streets of London, but no one ever encounters
them ...
4
Folk Songs of the Catskills
"Shabby-genteel" songs constitute a prominent genre in the "pop" music of the
late nineteenth century. We observe some of their influence in songs about hard
times, in which the typical moral comes through about what a fine man may be ...
Norman Cazden, Herbert Haufrecht, Norman Studer, 1982
5
Sketches by Boz, Vol. I ~ Paperbound ~ Paperbound
He is not shabby-genteel. The "harmonic meetings" at some fourth-rate public-
house, or the purlieus of a private theatre, are his chosen haunts; he entertains a
rooted antipathy to any kind of work, and is on familiar terms with several ...
6
The Textual Life of Dickens's Characters
advert to one class as a specimen - that class which is so aptly and expressively
designated as 'shabby-genteel'. The passage begins with a first sentence in
which attempts at a streetwise assurance give way to an 'appear' connoting a ...
7
Styling Texts: Dress and Fashion in Literature
A remarkably fortuitous inheritance elevates impecunious John Marchmont and
his devoted little daughter Mary into high life early in the narrative, but the shabby
-genteel remains a vital undercurrent throughout the novel, as it is in the majority
...
Cynthia G. Kuhn, Cindy L. Carlson, 2007
8
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
A shabby genteel dinner, and other incidents of a like nature. Mr. Brannon's letter
to Lord Cinq- bars produced, as we have said, a great impression upon the family
of Gann ; an impression which was considerably increased by their lodger's ...
9
The Adventures of Philip
A SHABBY GENTEEL DINNER, AND OTHER INCIDENTS OF A LIKE NATURE.
Mb. Brandon's letter to Lord Cinqbars produced, as we have said, a great
impression upon the family of Gann ; an impression which was considerably
increased ...
William Makepeace Thackeray, 2009
10
Sketches by Boz: Easyread Edition
He is not shabby-genteel. The 'harmonic meetings' at some fourth-rate public-
house, or the purlieus of a private theatre, are his chosen haunts; he entertains a
rooted antipathy to any kind of work, and is on familiar terms with several ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHABBY-GENTEEL»
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shabby-genteel is used in the context of the following news items.
Infinitely Polar Bear: Mark Ruffalo as Loving but Manic-Depressive …
... explain to her husband that living in squalor means something quite different to striving blacks than shabby-genteel whites—a lovely scene among many here. «Seattle Weekly, Jul 15»
Blessed are the righteous
... of cool, its cloth topis printed with the party's name prefigure the babu/chaprasi hell that awaits failed members of India's shabby-genteel middle class. «Calcutta Telegraph, Mar 14»
JP Donleavy is Still Standing
Below the carved stone eagles decorating the slate roof, the shabby-genteel style thrives on a grand scale. That Donleavy's 62-year-old son, Philip, is here ... «New York Times, Mar 14»
Lorrie Moore Has a Politics Problem
... murmurs before returning home with another tote bag to add to the collection inside the hall closet of their appropriately shabby-genteel Craftsman bungalow. «The New Republic, Mar 14»
John Dizard: Japan is the template for shabby-genteel decline
That means they do not have savings to live off while their lifestyles become more shabby genteel, with the calendar stretched through creative government ... «Financial Times, Sep 13»
What Remains: a bleak picture of Britain today
Think of the lost world of bedsits, cheap hotels, shabby-genteel boarding-houses that you encounter in monochrome British cinema: the threadbare terrace ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 13»
Beloved bully
... a whole world of other sorts of life: from the man next to him in the library, in his Boz sketch “Shabby-genteel People”, who blacked his clothes to hide the frays, ... «The Economist, Sep 11»
'Good writer, bad man' -a genre
Having survived a shabby-genteel childhood, he retrospectively upgraded his background by improving his accent and spreading romantic fantasies about his ... «National Post, Apr 10»
Joyce Carol Oates's 'Little Bird of Heaven,' Reviewed by Michael …
Estranged from her husband, she had been living in squalid semi-prostitution, and the feeling among the shabby-genteel townspeople, who are a little too close ... «Washington Post, Sep 09»
Subbing for Paul Rudnick
With his impeccable elocution and shabby-genteel scorn, Vionnet acts out the pent-up petty animus that boils quietly within Rudnick and all New Yorkers amid ... «New York Magazine, Sep 09»
