Noblesse Oblige: The Inimitable Investigation into the Idiosyncracies of English Idiom

By Nancy Mitford

Book Overview

The Great U and Non-U DebateUntil Nancy Mitford wrote 'The English Aristocracy' in 1955, England was blissfully unconscious of U-Usage and its lethal implications. The phenomenon of 'Upper-Class... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689707045
• ISBN13: 9780689707049
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.