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Contemplating the major protagonists in the Magicians book I realise I've represented four social classes rather by accident: the ambitious underclass, the noble working class, the nascent liberal middle class (who, in the manner of liberal middle classes, is not as liberal as he thinks he is), and the fading aristocracy. the instinctive love affair between the faded aristocracy and the desperate underclass, as one gropes for legitimacy by aiming high and the other assuages his sexual guilt by aiming lower than he knows; the apparent friendliness between the working class and the middle class giving way to exploitation based on envy, and hostility based on exploitation; the way in which the aristocratic is willing to use the innovations of the working class for his own ends but when asked for help directly by crumb rejects him out of hand; the assumption of each of the three major classes that they are in collusion while the underclass knows they are in conflict...
It's not intended as a class commentary but you could definitely read it as one.
It's not intended as a class commentary but you could definitely read it as one.