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You can't fake your way into the upper class in the UK, because they all know each other already. As for behaviour, dress and speech, the standard books are:

* Noblesse Oblige[0] Mostly about vocabulary, and very outdated (1950s)

* The English Gentleman[1] Only about aristocratic men, and comedic in style

* Class: A View from Middle England (Jilly Cooper) Very 1970s

* Watching the English[2] Not specifically about social class, but class comes up a lot.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noblesse_Oblige_(book)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_English_Gentleman

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watching_the_English




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