An open letter on a very serious subject to the Honorable Mrs. Peter Rodd (Nancy Mitford) : manuscript, [1955?]

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An open letter on a very serious subject to the Honorable Mrs. Peter Rodd (Nancy Mitford) : manuscript, [1955?]

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Autograph draft of his critique of Mitford's essay, The English Aristocracy (1954), regarding class-consciousness in Great Britain as evidenced by the differences in language between upper-class and other people. The terminology used in the essay is U and non-U people.

9 leaves ; 33 cm.

Houghton Library

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