# Class and Decay in The Viaduct Murder

> Theme guide for The Viaduct Murder by Ronald A. Knox.

The opening chapters contrast the decaying grandeur of the Oatvile estate with the new, commercialized golf-course society, highlighting the decline of feudal England and the rise of a transient, leisure-focused class.

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