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Yes. People give Hyacinth a wide berth, but they're willing to buy into Lucia's pretenses, because there's entertainment in them. But then the people in Hyacinth's world have lives, but those in Riseholme really have nothing to do and they don't have Onslow's predilection for being bone-idle. One can't embroider all day long.  |
I suppose in Lucia's case, she doesn't have to pretend to be any more upper-class than she is and everyone around her is in that same class; she just puts on airs about her cultural aspirations. With Hyacinth, it's both cultural- and class-related.
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As for Miss Mapp, more than anything it comes down to money. Everyone in Riseholme seemingly has as much as they need, but budgets in Tilling pinch a little. Not that everyone still didn'wt have several servants and live lives of leisure!
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Yes, the money! I almost wanted to say that in my Miss Mapp Goodreads review but hesitated, because I supposed that the Tilling-ites could have just as much as the Riseholme-ians but it was just more of an accepted practice in Tilling to worry and complain about money a tiny bit.