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I need to understand the representation theory of $S_n$ (symmetric group on $n$ letters) and so could someone suggest a good reference for this. There is a similar question on mathoverflow here

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/2755/a-learning-roadmap-for-representation-theory

Most of the responses to the above question give references for representation theory of Lie groups. Also the usual reference Fulton and Harris has too many exercises (on which I don't want to spend too much time ) and I find it difficult to read.

Another reference which was suggested was Flag varieties by Lakshmibai and Brown. This seems to be a good reference, but are there any other references.

EDIT: By mistake I did look up not notice something in the chapter on representation theory of $S_n$ above mentioned book and it was very nice to start with, till I hit a point where they used so some terminology without defining itof my remarks are being edited. (I could be more specific about this if someone can help)Sorry.
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Representation theory of $S_n$

I need to understand the representation theory of $S_n$ (symmetric group on $n$ letters) and so could someone suggest a good reference for this. There is a similar question on mathoverflow here

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/2755/a-learning-roadmap-for-representation-theory

Most of the responses to the above question give references for representation theory of Lie groups. Also the usual reference Fulton and Harris has too many exercises (on which I don't want to spend too much time ) and I find it difficult to read.

Another reference which was suggested was Flag varieties by Lakshmibai and Brown. I did look up the chapter on representation theory of $S_n$ and it was very nice to start with, till I hit a point where they used some terminology without defining it. (I could be more specific about this if someone can help)