I5. The social world: class, money, rules. AI
Setting and world. One line per book. Open a book for the full answer, charts and cited lines.
| Book | Genre | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure Island | Thriller and adventure | Class shapes the plot: the squire and doctor are gentlemen, Jim is 'poor born' (c30), Silver is a former pirate. Money drives the voyage; the treasure is the prize. Rules of honour matter: Jim gives his word (c30), … |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps | Thriller and adventure | Class and money shape the plot. Hannay's colonial wealth and education allow him to move between social circles. Sir Harry and Sir Walter are allies because of their class position. Money enables escapes through car … |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Thriller and adventure | Class is central: Rudolf is a gentleman of leisure, the King is royal, Michael is a duke. Rank determines access and power. Money is mentioned but not dwelt on. Court etiquette and protocol are shown through Rudolf's … |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Thriller and adventure | Class and money are central. Fogg is wealthy and uses money to solve problems (buying the elephant, chartering ships, bribing crews). The wager itself is a gentleman's bet. Passepartout is working class but loyal. … |
| King Solomon's Mines | Thriller and adventure | Class and money matter greatly. Quatermain is a hired guide; Curtis is a gentleman seeking his brother. The Kukuanas have rigid hierarchies with the king at top. Wealth (the diamonds) is the prize. Rules of conduct … |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Crime and mystery | Class structures the plot. Sir Henry is a baronet with inheritance rights. Stapleton poses as a gentleman naturalist to gain access. Barrymore is loyal servant. Mrs. Lyons is a divorced woman of lower standing. Money … |
| A Study in Scarlet | Crime and mystery | Class and money matter throughout. Watson's poverty drives the plot (chapter 1). Holmes's superior intellect transcends class (chapters 2 to 7). The Mormon church enforces obedience across classes (chapters 10 to 12). … |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Crime and mystery | Class and money shape every case. Wealthy clients hire Holmes; criminals are working class or foreign. Rules of propriety matter: Irene Adler's photograph threatens a royal marriage (ch1), and inheritance laws drive … |
| The Moonstone | Crime and mystery | Class structures the novel: servants (Rosanna, Betteredge) hide secrets; gentlemen (Franklin, Cuff) investigate; ladies (Rachel, Lady Verinder) hold power through silence or speech. Money drives Godfrey's crimes … |
| The Woman in White | Crime and mystery | Class and money drive the plot. Walter's humble station bars him from Laura. Sir Percival's illegitimacy and debt motivate the conspiracy. Laura's twenty thousand pounds is the prize. Marriage settlements and … |
| Pride and Prejudice | Romance | Class and money are central. The entail of Longbourn drives plot. Bingley's ten thousand a year makes him eligible; Wickham's lack of fortune makes him unsuitable. Darcy's rank and wealth create obstacles. Marriage … |
| Persuasion | Romance | Class and money structure the entire plot. Sir Walter's financial crisis forces the family to retrench. Naval officers like Wentworth represent merit-based advancement against landed gentry's inherited status. … |
| Emma | Romance | Class and money structure every relationship. Emma is rich and clever; Harriet is poor and pretty; Robert Martin is a farmer (beneath Harriet in Emma's view). Jane Fairfax faces governess servitude. Mr. Elton marries … |
| Jane Eyre | Romance | Class and money central throughout. Jane is poor orphan, governess, then heiress. Rochester is wealthy gentleman with dark past. St. John is clergyman with missionary calling. Social hierarchy determines … |
| Dracula | Gothic and horror | Class and money structure the narrative. Jonathan is a solicitor's clerk; Van Helsing is a professor; Arthur is a lord. Dracula buys property and employs solicitors. Money enables the hunt (travel, bribes, supplies). … |
| Frankenstein | Gothic and horror | Class and wealth shape the narrative. Victor's family is distinguished and wealthy (chapter 5). Elizabeth is an orphan raised by the Frankensteins, marking her lower status. The De Lacey family's fall from wealth to … |
| Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Gothic and horror | Class and money are central. Jekyll is wealthy and respectable; Hyde is poor and brutal. The will leaving a quarter million to Hyde shocks society. Utterson and Lanyon are professional gentlemen bound by codes of … |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Gothic and horror | Class and wealth are central. Dorian moves in aristocratic circles (Lord Henry, Basil, the Duchess). Money allows him to hide crimes and maintain his reputation. Society's rules about scandal and propriety protect … |
| Wuthering Heights | Gothic and horror | Class structure central. Heathcliff's low birth bars him from Catherine despite wealth. Lintons represent genteel refinement. Hareton's degradation by Heathcliff is social as well as personal. Property ownership … |
| The Turn of the Screw | Gothic and horror | Class shapes the narrative. The governess is hired help; the children are gentry; Quint was a servant. The absent uncle's indifference and the governess's isolation reflect her lower status and lack of authority. |
| The Time Machine | Science fiction | The present-day frame shows a dinner party of educated men debating theory. The future world has no money or class structure; the Eloi are childlike and communal (c5-c6). The Morlocks represent a degraded working … |
| The War of the Worlds | Science fiction | Class appears subtly. The narrator is educated and owns property. The curate is clergy. The artilleryman is working class. Money matters in chapter 14 when the brother gathers ten pounds. Social order collapses as … |
| The Invisible Man | Science fiction | Class shapes the narrative: Griffin is educated, Marvel is a tramp, Kemp is a doctor, villagers are working folk. Money matters (Griffin steals, burns lodgings for insurance). Social rules constrain Griffin; … |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Fantasy and children's | Class and rules matter: the White Rabbit serves the Queen, the Knave is tried for theft, Alice is called a housemaid. Money appears once (guinea-pigs as currency). Social hierarchy is present but absurd, with the … |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Fantasy and children's | Kansas shows poverty: small house, flat land, grey surroundings. Oz has kingdoms and rulers. The Scarecrow becomes ruler of Emerald City, the Lion of beasts. Money and class are absent; the world runs on magic and … |
| The Secret Garden | Fantasy and children's | Class structures are central. Mary is upper class but neglected; servants like Martha and Dickon are working poor. Mr. Craven is wealthy but grief-stricken. Mrs. Medlock enforces household hierarchy. Money appears in … |
| The Wind in the Willows | Fantasy and children's | Social hierarchy present but gentle. Toad is wealthy and privileged, Badger is respected elder, Rat and Mole are working class but equal. Money matters in Toad's crimes and escape. Class distinctions exist but … |
| Great Expectations | Literary | Class anxiety drives the plot. Pip's shame about his common origins (chapters 8 to 14) and his pursuit of gentility shape his choices. Money and status determine worth in the world Dickens shows, though the book … |
| A Christmas Carol | Literary | Class and money dominate the social world. Scrooge is wealthy but miserly; Bob Cratchit is poor but dignified; the Cratchits struggle while Scrooge's nephew Fred is comfortable. Charity collectors, pawnbrokers, and … |
| The Great Gatsby | Literary | Class and money dominate the social world. East Egg represents old money and moral decay; West Egg represents new wealth and aspiration. The valley of ashes reveals the human cost of wealth. Tom's affair and Gatsby's … |
| Heart of Darkness | Literary | Class and hierarchy structure the Company: the Director, the manager, the accountant, the pilgrims. Money and ivory drive the colonial enterprise. Rules of civilisation are invoked but abandoned in the wilderness. … |
| Kidnapped | Thriller and adventure | Class and money drive the plot. David is a gentleman's son denied his inheritance by a miserly uncle. The kidnapping trade exploits poor boys. Highland clan loyalty opposes Lowland law and property. Money appears as … |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Thriller and adventure | Class and money dominate. Dantès rises from sailor to count through wealth. Villefort's ambition drives him to sacrifice justice for advancement. Danglars' fortune masks his moral emptiness. The novel shows how money … |
| The Three Musketeers | Thriller and adventure | Class and money drive the plot. D'Artagnan is poor but ambitious; the Musketeers lack funds for equipment. Porthos pursues the procurator's wife for money. The Cardinal wields power through rank. Milady uses … |
| The Riddle of the Sands | Thriller and adventure | Class and money shape the narrative. Carruthers is a gentleman clerk in the Foreign Office; Davies is a gentleman yachtsman of modest means. Dollmann is a renegade English officer posing as a German. Social rules … |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Thriller and adventure | Class hierarchy is central. French aristocrats flee the Terror; English gentry rescue them. Money enables Percy's league and Chauvelin's pursuit. Social rules govern the ball and London society. Marguerite's past … |
| The Lost World | Thriller and adventure | Class shapes the narrative. Malone is a working journalist seeking to rise through heroic deeds. Roxton is an aristocrat with weapons and experience. Challenger is a scientist of reputation. The expedition's success … |
| Captain Blood | Thriller and adventure | Class and money drive the plot. Blood's ten-pound price (c4) marks his fall. His rise is measured in ships, treasure, and rank. The King's commission (c21) offers legitimacy. Arabella's uncle's power and wealth … |
| Lady Audley's Secret | Crime and mystery | Class and money drive the plot. Lady Audley's poverty forces her to marry for security. Luke Marks blackmails her for money to escape poverty. Robert's wealth allows him leisure to investigate. Sir Michael's … |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Crime and mystery | The narrator and Dupin live in poverty despite intellectual superiority, isolated from society. The victims are wealthy women. Police represent institutional authority but lack analytical skill. Class and money … |
| The Innocence of Father Brown | Crime and mystery | Class and money structure every case. Wealthy victims (Brayne, Armstrong, Pauline Stacey) are murdered; servants and working men (postman Welkin, gardener Gow) are suspects. Rules of social role matter: a gentleman's … |
| The Big Bow Mystery | Crime and mystery | Class and money drive the plot. Denzil's poverty forces him to sell information (Chapter 5). Mrs. Crowl's rent demands (Chapter 5) and Denzil's bigamy (Chapter 11) show working-class precarity. Grodman and Wimp … |
| The Leavenworth Case | Crime and mystery | Class and money are central. Mr. Leavenworth's wealth drives the plot; his will (c16) reshapes the case. Mary's inheritance motive is key. Servants (Hannah, Thomas, Molly) are minor but crucial witnesses. Social … |
| The Red Thumb Mark | Crime and mystery | Class and money are central. Reuben and John Hornby are wealthy but in financial trouble; Walter seeks inheritance through crime. Juliet has 'means and position'; Jervis is a professional man. Legal and medical … |
| The Amateur Cracksman | Crime and mystery | Class and money are central. Bunny's debt crisis (chapter 1) drives the plot. Raffles moves freely in wealthy circles through cricket and charm. The book shows how crime offers escape from financial ruin. Rules of … |
| The Secret Agent | Crime and mystery | Class structures the plot. Verloc is petit bourgeois, caught between working-class anarchists and upper-class diplomats. Vladimir represents foreign aristocratic power. The Assistant Commissioner and Heat represent … |
| Sense and Sensibility | Romance | Class and money drive the plot. The entailment strips the Dashwoods of Norland. Marriage is the only path to security for women. Mrs. Ferrars controls Edward through his dependence. Willoughby abandons Marianne for … |
| North and South | Romance | Class and money structure the entire plot. Margaret's family falls from genteel poverty to working-class Milton. Thornton rises from poverty to manufacturer. The strike reveals the gulf between masters and workers. … |
| Far from the Madding Crowd | Romance | Class and money shape the plot. Gabriel falls from farmer to shepherd (ch5 to 6). Bathsheba's wealth makes her independent but vulnerable. Troy's poverty drives his seduction of her. Boldwood's wealth and status make … |
| The Enchanted April | Romance | Class and money are central. The women are genteel but poor, bound by duty and social rules. They must hide their holiday from husbands and justify spending on themselves. The castle owner and servants represent … |
| The Sheik | Romance | Class and social order are central. Diana is upper class English, Ahmed is an Arab sheik with hidden English nobility. Chapter 1 shows English social rules; chapters 3 to 10 show Diana's shame at losing her status and … |
| Daddy Long Legs | Romance | Class and money are central. Judy is poor and orphaned; her peers are wealthy. Money creates tension: she struggles with accepting gifts and charity. The Trustee's generosity is both liberating and constraining, … |
| Carmilla | Gothic and horror | The book depicts aristocratic wealth and privilege. Laura's father is a nobleman with a castle. The General is military gentry. Carmilla's mother is a countess. Servants and peasants appear but remain minor. Class … |
| The Castle of Otranto | Gothic and horror | Class hierarchy is central: Manfred is a prince, Isabella a marquis's daughter, Theodore a peasant revealed as noble heir. Money and property drive the plot. Rules of feudal succession and Church authority govern … |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Gothic and horror | Class structures the plot: Raoul is a viscount, Christine a chorus girl, Erik a deformed outsider. Money drives conflict through the ghost's twenty-thousand franc monthly demand. The Opera's hierarchy of dancers, … |
| The Great God Pan | Gothic and horror | Class and money structure the plot. Helen targets wealthy gentlemen in London society (chapters 5 to 7). Herbert's fall from respectability to beggar shows social ruin. Mrs. Beaumont's fashionable gatherings in … |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Gothic and horror | The story reflects late nineteenth century class and medical hierarchies. John's authority as both physician and husband silences the narrator. Jennie's role as housekeeper and ally shows class divisions. The rented … |
| The Call of Cthulhu | Gothic and horror | The social world is upper-middle class and academic. The narrator, Professor Angell, and their associates are educated men of means. Inspector Legrasse represents law enforcement. The cult members are portrayed as … |
| The Island of Doctor Moreau | Science fiction | Class appears subtly: Prendick is educated and observant; the captain is brutal and drunk; Montgomery is complicit in Moreau's work. The Beast Folk exist outside social hierarchy, challenging Victorian assumptions … |
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Science fiction | The Professor is a learned man of means; Harry is his dependent nephew. Hans is a hired guide of humble station but superior practical skill. Class distinctions fade underground. Money and social status become … |
| A Princess of Mars | Science fiction | Martian society is rigidly hierarchical with jeddaks at the top, chieftains below, and common warriors at the base. Dejah Thoris is a princess, giving her high status. Money is not mentioned; power comes from martial … |
| Herland | Science fiction | Herland has no class system, money, or poverty. The men come from a world of wealth inequality and competition. Herland's rules are rational and collective; the outside world's are based on force and tradition. The … |
| Flatland | Science fiction | Flatland's rigid class system based on geometric shape is central. Women are lowest, then Isosceles, Equilateral, Square, Pentagon, Hexagon, and Circles (priests) at top (chapter 3). Each generation rises one step … |
| Erewhon | Science fiction | Class and money structure Erewhonian society: the narrator is received by wealthy merchant Nosnibor, observes trials of the poor, and learns that poverty is criminalised. Musical Banks satirise the gap between … |
| The Last Man | Science fiction | Class and rank structure the plot. Lionel's low birth bars him from Idris (c4 to 5). Raymond's ambition for power drives his infidelity (c6 to 9). Plague erases all social hierarchy, reducing rank to meaninglessness (c18). … |
| Through the Looking Glass | Fantasy and children's | The social world is chess-based hierarchy. Alice begins as a pawn and aims to become queen. Rules of etiquette govern behaviour, as shown in the dinner party. Class distinctions appear through character types: … |
| A Little Princess | Fantasy and children's | Class and money are central. Sara's fall from 'little princess' to servant exposes Miss Minchin's mercenary nature and the rigid class boundaries of the school. Kindness across class lines (Sara to Becky, Ram Dass to … |
| The Jungle Book | Fantasy and children's | Class and hierarchy appear in the village (Messua's status, Buldeo's authority), the military camp (officers and ranks), and the elephant catching (Petersen Sahib's command). Money is mentioned as reward. Rules … |
| Five Children and It | Fantasy and children's | Class shapes the story: servants like Martha and Beale, shopkeepers who reject old coins, a vicar who forgives theft, a gamekeeper falsely accused. Money is central; the children cannot spend fairy gold. Social rules … |
| The Railway Children | Fantasy and children's | Class and money are central. The family falls from suburban comfort to rural poverty. The children learn that poor people are proud and that kindness matters more than charity. Railway workers and villagers are shown … |
| The Princess and the Goblin | Fantasy and children's | Princess Irene is royal but confined; miners like Curdie and his father are working class but brave and loyal. Servants and nurses serve the household. The king holds ultimate authority but trusts Curdie by story's end. |
| Peter and Wendy | Fantasy and children's | The Darling family represents middle-class London respectability. Mr. Darling's anxiety about his position and tie reflects class consciousness. The lost boys are orphans without social standing. Hook is a gentleman … |
| The Worm Ouroboros | Fantasy and children's | The social world is feudal and hierarchical. Kings, lords, and common soldiers occupy distinct ranks. Honour, loyalty, and martial prowess determine status. Women like Mevrian and Prezmyra navigate power through wit … |
| Anne of Green Gables | Fantasy and children's | Class and money matter quietly. Anne is poor and orphaned; the Cuthberts are respectable farmers. Mrs. Rachel Lynde is a gossip of some standing. Puffed sleeves mark fashion and belonging. The Abbey Bank failure … |
| Black Beauty | Fantasy and children's | Class shapes the story: kind gentry (Squire Gordon) treat horses well; working-class drivers (Jerry) struggle with poverty but keep principles; brutal owners (Skinner) exploit both horses and poor drivers. Money … |
| Middlemarch | Literary | Class and money structure the entire novel. Dorothea's wealth and status contrast with Will's uncertain position. Lydgate's debt forces compromise with his ideals. Fred's lost inheritance reshapes his future. Social … |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Literary | Class and money drive the plot. Tess's poverty forces her to Alec; Angel's farming independence clashes with his family's expectations; Alec's wealth gives him power. Social rules condemn Tess for her past regardless … |
| Mrs Dalloway | Literary | Class and money structure the novel. Clarissa's upper-class world of parties and social duty contrasts with Septimus's working-class struggle. Doctors and authority figures wield power over the vulnerable. Money … |
| To the Lighthouse | Literary | Class distinctions are subtle. The Ramsays are educated middle-class; servants (Mrs. McNab, Mildred) appear briefly. Money worries surface in chapter 5. Social rules govern the dinner party in chapter 15. No explicit … |
| Anna Karenina | Literary | Class and money structure the world. Nobles manage estates; servants obey. Divorce is impossible for women without losing children and status. Anna's affair violates social law more than moral law. Money troubles … |
| Crime and Punishment | Literary | Class and poverty are central. Raskolnikov's debt, Sonia's prostitution, Marmeladov's degradation, Luzhin's mercenary marriage all turn on money. The pawnbroker represents greed. Razumihin's rise contrasts with … |
| Madame Bovary | Literary | Class and money dominate. Emma yearns for aristocratic life glimpsed at Vaubyessard (8). Lheureux exploits her materialism through credit (14, 21, 26, 29 to 31). Charles's medical status offers modest respectability. … |
| The Age of Innocence | Literary | Class and money structure the entire novel. Old families like the van der Luydens outrank new money like Beaufort. Ellen's poverty after refusing her husband's money isolates her. Social rules govern dress, visits, … |
| Silas Marner | Literary | Class divides Silas the weaver from the Cass family. Money drives the plot: Silas's gold, Dunstan's debt, Godfrey's secret marriage. Social rules prevent Godfrey from claiming Eppie openly. Nancy's principles about … |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Literary | Class and money are central. Huck's six thousand dollars drives plot (chapters 5 to 6). Con men exploit the poor and wealthy alike. Grangerfords and Phelps represent Southern gentry. Slavery defines Jim's status. Rules … |
| Hamlet | Plays | The play is set in a royal court with strict hierarchy. Claudius is King, Hamlet is Prince, Polonius is counsellor, Ophelia is pawn. Class determines who spies on whom and who obeys orders. |
| Macbeth | Plays | Strict hierarchy: king at top, thanes and nobles below, servants and murderers at bottom. Titles matter greatly; Macbeth's rise through titles shows social ambition. Money is not mentioned; power and honour drive … |
| Romeo and Juliet | Plays | Class divides the families: both are wealthy, but Montagues and Capulets are rivals in status. Paris is a count seeking Juliet for alliance. The Nurse is a servant with maternal bonds. Servants brawl over family … |
| Othello | Plays | Othello is a military general of high rank, Desdemona a senator's daughter. Cassio is a lieutenant, Iago an ensign. Class and rank matter greatly; Iago's resentment at being passed over for promotion drives his … |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Plays | Class divides the world: Duke Theseus and nobles above, craftsmen below. Athenian law favours fathers over daughters. Money is not mentioned. Social rules about obedience and marriage drive the plot. |
| Twelfth Night | Plays | Class and money structure the plot. Orsino is a Duke, Olivia a lady of wealth. Sir Andrew's three thousand ducats a year make him a suitor. Malvolio seeks to rise through marriage. Servants and clowns occupy lower … |
| Doctor Faustus | Plays | Class hierarchy structures the play: Faustus is a scholar and doctor; emperors and dukes command respect; servants like Wagner and Robin occupy lower ranks. Money appears in the Horse-courser subplot. Magic grants … |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Plays | Class and social standing dominate the world. Lady Bracknell judges Jack by his origins and lack of family connections. Gwendolen and Cecily value the name Ernest as a marker of respectability. Money and proper … |
| A Doll's House | Plays | Class and money are central. Helmer's new bank position and salary are discussed. Nora's secret debt and her father's inability to provide money drive the plot. Social rules about reputation and a wife's duty to her … |
| Hedda Gabler | Plays | Class and money are central. Hedda is General Gabler's daughter, accustomed to wealth and status. The Tesmans' house purchase strains their finances. Judge Brack represents social power. Social rules about scandal … |
| Pygmalion | Plays | Class and money are central. Eliza moves from flower girl to lady through speech. Doolittle exploits class mobility for profit. Higgins's wealth and status allow him to treat Eliza as an experiment. The play … |
| The School for Scandal | Plays | Class and money are central. Charles is poor and dissolute; Joseph is wealthy and respectable. Sir Oliver tests through money-lending. Lady Teazle's extravagance and spending power mark her status. Servants (Trip, … |
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