social class
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Nevertheless, this man, grown out of Flea Bottom’s gutters, appropriates the tradition by holding his vows as a representation of lived reality, rather than as a mere ritual or badge of social class.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
Not that Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff’s doomed-by-their-own-hands love affair ever needed the exposure; Brontë’s themes of obsession, revenge, social class and the supernatural are still analyzed in high school English classes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
But people experience their lives — and their history within the world — differently depending on a host of factors, including sex, race, religion, social class, educational status and where they were born.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025
A superb dramatist of social class, morality and love, Mr. Gurnah is a contemporary heir to George Eliot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
I think that I came to an appreciation of the concept of social class in my earliest years.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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