I just started the book Snobs by Julian Fellowes, who also created the show Downton Abbey. The book is hard and it is not action or anything like that so there is not a lot going on in the book. There is a story, told by the main character who is an actor, and his friendship with Edith Lavery. Edith is dating Charles the Earl of Broughton who she recently got engaged to. Although there is the story, a lot of the book is about English ways and manners. A lot of it is focused on how people want very badly to be high in society and how they climb the social ladder to get there. I am not very far into the book but I think that Edith will maybe realize that there isn't a very strong connection between here and Charles but she wants to be high in society just like everyone else.
One thing that I think is strange is that considering what life was like back then compared to now, there is a big difference. Nowadays, when people get married its because they are in love (most of the time.) Back then people got married because it was the thing to do, to gain money, to be higher up in society. When you think about it, there are some people like that now too, but you don't see it very often. I find this a very interesting difference. I think that it changed because of the technology and differences in society.
One thing that I think is strange is that considering what life was like back then compared to now, there is a big difference. Nowadays, when people get married its because they are in love (most of the time.) Back then people got married because it was the thing to do, to gain money, to be higher up in society. When you think about it, there are some people like that now too, but you don't see it very often. I find this a very interesting difference. I think that it changed because of the technology and differences in society.
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