Sir William Lucas & CLASS | What is a Knight? Jane Austen PRIDE AND PREJUDICE social class analysis

Dr Octavia Cox

What social class is Sir William Lucas in Jane Austen’s great novel Pride and Prejudice? Why is he so class-conscious? Why is Sir William Lucas so anxious about class? What is a knight? What is a knighthood? And what social class were knights in Jane Austen’s period? How does Sir William Lucas’ clas