Looking for Class
Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 3, 2003
An irresistible, entertaining peek into the privileged realm of Wordsworth and Wodehouse, Chelsea Clinton and Hugh Grant, Looking for Class offers a hilarious account of one man's year at Oxford and Cambridge -- the garden parties and formal balls, the high-minded debates and drinking Olympics.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in humorous accounts of life at Oxford and Cambridge
- Themes
- British upper-class life, Oxford and Cambridge social life, Privilege and tradition
- Genres
- Biography & Memoir, Higher Education
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An irresistible, entertaining peek into the privileged realm of Wordsworth and Wodehouse, Chelsea Clinton and Hugh Grant, Looking for Class offers a hilarious account of one man's year at Oxford and Cambridge -- the garden parties and formal balls, the high-minded debates and drinking Olympics.
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From rowing in an exclusive regatta to learning lessons in love from a Rhodes Scholar, Bruce Feiler's enlightening, eye-popping adventure will forever change your view of the British upper class, a world romanticized but rarely seen.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in humorous accounts of life at Oxford and Cambridge
- Readers curious about the British upper class and its social traditions
Where it sits
| Biography & Memoir | 90% |
|---|---|
| Higher Education | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Biography & Memoir
- Lives in History
- Military Lives
- Higher Education
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- Teaching Methods
- Scottish History
- Military Strategy
- Studying History
- Authors
- Bruce Feiler
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- June 3, 2003
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- British upper-class life · Oxford and Cambridge social life · Privilege and tradition
- Reading lane
- Biography & Memoir