Whether it's Fitzwilliam Darcy's ten thousand pounds a year and estate at Pemberley, or Jay Gatsby's mansion and piles of shirts that brought Daisy to tears, or Patrick Bateman's expensive meals at the chicest Manhattan restaurants....these characters have wealth. Novels only.

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message 1: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl I'm not convinced The Magic Mountain is the upper classes, the way these other novels are.


message 2: by David (new)

David Lentz The novel is set in a sanitarium atop the Swiss Alps inhabited by the extremely wealthy but I defer to your perspective.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Where on the list is it, Richard? (Makes it easier to remove.)


message 5: by Richard (new)

Richard Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Where on the list is it, Richard? (Makes it easier to remove.)"

It's no. 160 on page 2. Thanks for taking care of it.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Thanks very much, Richard.


message 7: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jun 21, 2017 10:10AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm not convinced The Magic Mountain is the upper classes, the way these other novels are."

I'm with you on this one, as I frowned as I noticed this title :-) There are several others though I wouldn't quite consider 'upper class' either, more sort of 'upper middle class'. But the title says 'Upper Classes, so I guess it's alright...? Lobstergirl, you are the creator of this list, so you have the final word on this, as far as I'm concerned...


message 8: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Removed Cranford which is definitely not about the upper classes.


message 9: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Sep 20, 2019 07:53AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) I'm not sure, but I think the British 'upper class' is mixed with the British 'upper middle-class' (and there is a difference...)


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