Class (Cooper book)

Class: A View From Middle England is a 1979 book by English author Jilly Cooper that offers a humorous, satirical commentary on the English class system. While categorized as non-fiction, it presents its commentary through fictional characters presented as caricatures of different social classes, illustrating Cooper's views on class distinctions and social behaviours.

The book received positive reviews upon publication, although Mary Cadogan described how portrayals of working-class people were less successful than those of other classes. The work has led to Cooper being compared to Nancy Mitford and analysis over subsequent decades after publication has led it to be drawn on as a text, for example in Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain, and it has been analysed by historians and sociologists studying class in Britain, including David Cannadine and Laurie Taylor.