# Class and Society in The Eight Strokes of the Clock

> Theme guide for The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc.

Social hierarchies are prominent, with characters like the de Gorne family clinging to noble titles while living as peasants, and the contrast between wealthy aristocrats and struggling individuals highlighting the tensions of early 20th-century French society.

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