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Jilly Cooper OBE (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: 1 Mar 1999

CLASS IS DEAD!

Or so everyone claims. Who better to refute this than Jilly Cooper!

Describing herself as 'upper middle class', Jilly claims that snobbery is very much alive and thriving! Meet her hilarious characters! People like Harry Stow-Crat, Mr and Mrs Nouveau-Richards, Samantha and Gideon Upward, and Jen Teale and her husband Brian. Roar with laughter at her horribly unfair observations on their everyday pretensions - their sexual courtships, choice of furnishings, clothes, education, food, careers and ambitions...

For they will all remind you of people that you know!

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CLASS IS DEAD!

Or so everyone claims. Who better to refute this than Jilly Cooper!

For they will all remind you of people that you know!

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Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Corgi; New Ed edition (1 Mar 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0552146625
ISBN-13: 978-0552146623
Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.6 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 103,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Witheringly funny, illuminated by astonishing brilliance (Observer )

Enormously readable and very funny (Cosmopolitan )

Highly entertaining, acerbic and wickedly observant... certain to become as much part of the verbal shorthand as was Nancy Mitford's U and Non-U, a generation ago (The Economist )

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The devastatingly funny exposé of the English class system!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Breaking down the class barriers? 14 Nov 2002

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When I first read this book, I really didn't like it. I thought it was quite insulting really, and was surprised that I felt that way, as I usually love Jilly Cooper's work. However, when
I read it again without my working class chip on my shoulder, then I really enjoyed it, and found it very funny. The trick is to realise that it is a humourous work, and not to take it seriously. It pokes gentle fun at all the so-called classes, and no one comes out of it smelling of roses! It is a clever book, I think, and one that I have since read many times. Read it with an open mind, and you'll laugh out loud, I promise!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Satirical yet hilarious synopsis of the British class system 13 April 2005

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This book was written in pre-Thatcher times but is still a great read. What would Jilly make of the British class system now? I suspect that despite all the surface changes, celebrity culture and apparent social mobility the class system is still much the same as it was when Jilly chronicled it in the 1970s.

Class is a must for any Jilly fan, she makes constant reference to the foibles of class throughout her brilliant Rutshire Chronicles. For example, in the book Riders, superstud aristocad Rupert Campbell-Black smothers his posh fish dish in tomato ketchup before digging into it to the horror of everyone else. He also has a penchant for white sliced pan (supposedly very working-class but also great comfort food for public schoolboys) and in the book Rivals gets a white sliced pan for Christmas from a nouveau-riche friend with working-class roots. Meanwhile the middle classes pick crusty bread daintily out of baskets.

Out of all the characters in Class I liked Snipe the labrador and Mr Definitely-Disgusting best. Buy this book, read it (you won't look up once until it's finished) and if you have any of the Rutshire Chronicles read them again. It will make them even more enjoyable!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Silly 19 Mar 2013

By Eirwen Cronan

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I could not be bothered to read very far but perhaps it is not my sort of book but I enjoyed the Rider series.

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5.0 out of 5 stars spot on for humour 25 Jan 2013

By jontyc

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Jilly has that wonderful asset in that she is observant - the English class system here is humour personified with all it's absurdities. You are given magical insights into how the different strata of English/British tend to view each other. It is a subject that lends itself to being sent up, which the author does with aplomb. If you want a belly laugh......... read this.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Golden Oldie 15 Jun 2012

By Mr M Caruana

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This is an old book from the 70s, so it's a little dated, and not always politically correct, but still surprisingly accurate in its depiction of class stereotypes in British society. In fact it's one of the few popular studies of the subject of class that I've come across. Anyone who's curious about the British class system, or who just wants a good laugh could do a lot worse than give this book a go.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read BOOK! 2 Feb 2012

By Bella Stone

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I often recommend this book to people, who were not born (& bread) here. Like "The English" (eremy Paxman)"Class" by Jilly Cooper is one of my favourites!
A must read book!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Jilly Cooper Class 30 Mar 2011

By Sha-Daisy

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My book group where in agreement, this book was amusing for the first few chapters, but became repetitive and is now dated, however it did spark lively debate on the subject on class.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A tad outdated. 9 Mar 2011

By ba Francis

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I have only given this book 3 stars as I was disappointed overall, it starts at a cracking pace (no pun intended) with lots of belly laughs and a smile on my face through the first third or so but then due to the age of the book it begins to feel outdated and I lost interest. Another reviewer says it was better at 2nd reading, if [I] do I will review again.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not read.

Have not read this book. It was not the same sort of book I'm used to from this author. Oo

Published 2 months ago by MrsH

1.0 out of 5 stars Unmitigated bilge.

I have enjoyed this writer's books in the past. They have been light hearted easy reading, faintly scandalous. This book is just repetitive rubbish and boring to boot.

Published 6 months ago by sally

5.0 out of 5 stars Must love horses

An excellent story - better if you've read previous Jilly Cooper horsey books so know some of the characters. Read more

Published on 20 Nov 2010 by Carol

4.0 out of 5 stars Class

A funny book which explains the English class system in a humourous light. I did feel however that it is a bit out of date- the book was written in the 70's and some of the... Read more

Published on 15 Nov 2010 by Reb

5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny, very true!

Although "Class" is not up to date anymore (it was first published in the late seventies), it is still a great read: witty, sarcastic, very funny - and very true! Read more

Published on 13 Jan 2010 by H. Lyncker

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