AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 1
The landowning social class below the titled aristocracy; its members could have considerable wealth and local influence.
Revise: Chapters 53 to 61Although Elizabeth is a gentleman’s daughter, Lady Catherine attacks her mother’s family connections and her lack of fortune. This is not simply a dispute between an aristocrat and someone outside respectable society: Elizabeth belongs to the gentry, but Lady Catherine insists on finer distinctions within that social world.