Project Gutenberg 2020-05-26 Public domain in the USA. 206 Owen, John 1766 1822 Owen, John, Rector of Paglesham, Essex The Fashionable World Displayed Transcribed from the L. B. Seeley 1817 (eighth) edition by David Price, using scans made available by the British Library "The Fashionable World Displayed" by Rev. John Owen is a detailed examination of the societal dynamics and moral fabric of the fashionable elite, written in the early 19th century. The book critiques the superficiality and contradictions underlying the lives of those in fashionable society. Through a blend of satire and sociological analysis, Owen aims to reveal the inherent flaws in the morals, customs, dress, and interactions of this community. The opening of the text sets the stage for Owen's exploration by outlining the peculiar nature of the "Fashionable World," which he conveys as a community devoid of fixed geographic boundaries, existing more in societal dynamics than in a specific location. He introduces the paradox of its inhabitants, who appear both integrated with and detached from the other societal classes, and presents the overarching theme of the vanity and moral inconsistencies that define their existence. Owen begins his critique by highlighting the "climate" of this world, characterized by artificial norms and transient trends that ultimately serve only to mask deeper ethical voids, paving the way for further discussions on the governance, laws, and moral considerations (or lack thereof) that inform the lives of this group. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 46.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century HN Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Sociology 162845 2025-09-24T13:37:22.970747 text/html 141390 2024-10-18T03:37:26 text/html 92500 2025-09-24T13:37:26.128701 application/epub+zip 92380 2025-09-24T13:37:23.586698 application/epub+zip 91643 2025-09-24T13:37:23.270704 application/epub+zip 153556 2025-09-24T13:37:28.162708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127378 2025-09-24T13:37:25.759700 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126889 2022-09-28T04:39:20.871429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138888 2025-09-24T13:37:22.468709 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119028 2024-10-18T03:37:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15983 2025-09-24T13:37:28.325665 application/rdf+xml 11454 2025-09-24T13:37:23.333716 image/jpeg 2801 2025-09-24T13:37:23.301703 image/jpeg 81470 2025-09-24T13:37:22.986724 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog