English Literature A-Level
Community and respectability
What Community and respectability means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Community and respectability
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The closed village setting of King's Abbot and its social hierarchies, where gossip, respectability and secrecy shape the investigation.
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