Noblesse oblige
Subtitle: an enquiry into the identifiable characteristics of the English aristocracy
By: by Alan S.C. Ross ... [et al.] ; with an introduction by Ned Sherrin ; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster ; [edited by Nancy Mitford].
Contributors: Ross, Alan Strode Campbell.; Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973.
Series: Oxford language classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: English language -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.; Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- Language.; Speech and social status -- Great Britain.; Upper class -- Great Britain -- Language.; Nobility -- Great Britain -- Language.; Social classes -- Great Britain.
Notes: Originally published: London : H. Hamilton, 1956.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Ned Sherrin; title: U and non-U / Alan S.C. Ross; title: The English aristocracy / Nancy Mitford; title: An open letter to the Hon. Mrs. Peter Rodd (Nancy Mitford) on a very serious subject / Evelyn Waugh; title: Posh lingo / 'Strix'; title: What U-future? / Christopher Sykes; title: How to get on in society / John Betjeman.