E. F. Benson 
The Osbornes [PDF ebook] 

E. F. Benson was one of the finest writers of the Edwardian era, documenting the inner circles of high society with such clarity and wit his books are still a joy to read today. Including a biography of the author.
The Osbornes considers a question that has echoed throughout English literary history almost from when it began: what happens when you love outside your own class? From Pamela to Lady Chatterley’s Lover and onwards, this topic has (in its different forms) been a peculiarly English preoccupation. And it is at the forefront of The Osbornes, where Dora falls in love with the Adonis-like Claude. Claude’s family is the Osbornes of the title – nouveau riche, and not ‘quite quite’.