English Literature GCSE
Social class and social mobility
What Social class and social mobility means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The Victorian class system that the novel critiques, and the movement between classes that Pip's ambition to become a gentleman relates to.
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- The 19th-century novel (AQA GCSE)
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