English Literature A-Level
Social Class and Convention
What Social Class and Convention means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The novel dissects the rigid social codes and tribal conventions of Gilded Age New York, critiquing the patriarchal structures of the American upper class.
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