Posted by andyb on August 20, 2007 at 09:07:29 from 194.80.183.1 user beardbiter.
In Reply to: Re: 'Toff' ruled out (was Amazons Toffs? posted by Dan Lind on August 19, 2007 at 21:45:42:
I don't think Nancy is 'authoritarian', she is imperious. As is the GA. You may notice that most of those ordered around by Nancy are men. AR is writing as much about the ways that (some) women can assert themselves over men as he is about class. Having said, that I think the only way you can argue that the Blackett/Turner family is not upper class is to use your own definition of upper class. They are a wealthy family of indpendent means, not super rich, I agree but there are many gradations within the upper classes.