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... He was well aware of the existence of working class poverty. ... Because of the poverty of the average worker, it was commonplace for the gentry to use money to procure whatever they wanted. ... To work ‘in service’ in Victorian times was a privilege. ...
The manner in which the servants and the lower classes accepted the way they were spoken to, is indicative of their subservience, due to the class system and their reliance upon a meagre wage.
The working people, with only one exception, were described in the novel in derogatory terms. ... It must, therefore be assumed that this treatment of, and attitude towards, working people and servants was commonplace amongst the Victorian middle class. ... The Victorians had strong beliefs in indicative physiognomy, so his descriptions would be taken as accurate observations. Having said that though, the author’s descriptions did give away some of his own class prejudices. ...
They are but a few of Conan Doyle’s descriptions of common lower class folk. ... This admiration must reflect the attitude of Conan Doyle (and that of his peers) to those in the class above them. ...
The manner in which the Victorians spoke to each other, as depicted in the novel, shows a clear class divide. ... Working people, however, and especially servants, were always referred to in speech and in narrative by their surnames only. ... The throwaway asides during the story tell of class divisions, “One Murphy, a gypsy horse dealer”. ...
The Victorian age had seen the emergence of the middle classes. The ‘professions’ became the stanchions of the upper middle class and a new middle class of technocrats was surfacing. Electrical engineers, scientists, botanists and the like were virtually unheard of before Victorian times.
Approximate Word count = 1396
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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