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[Peter Jiong]

[FONT=&quot]“There was really nothing to distinguish him from the common run of healthy young Englishmen, with good morals and fine physique; [/FONT][FONT=&quot]but the class is pleasant.”（from Mrs. Craddock by Maugham）

Here, what does "pleasant" mean? (Craddock is a farmer.)


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[Raymott]

Are you sure it's not "peasant"?

 

[Peter Jiong]

What does “pleasant” here means?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

What does “pleasant” here means?

Exactly what your dictionary says it means.

 

[emsr2d2]

What does “pleasant” [STRIKE]here[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]means[/STRIKE] mean here?

Note my corrections above.

Learn the construction "What does XXX mean?"

 

[Peter Jiong]

What exactly does “the class is pleasant” mean？

 

[GoesStation]

What exactly does “the class is pleasant” mean？

We'd need more context to answer that.

 

[Tdol]

Looking at the text, I think it refers to the group, seen as a whole, of the common run of healthy young Englishmen with good morals and fine physique.

 

[Skrej]

It might also be a reference to social class. We had a series of questions about this book a few months ago, and if I recall correctly, one of the women in it married slightly below her social station for love.

 

[jutfrank]

Looking at the text, I think it refers to the group, seen as a whole, of the common run of healthy young Englishmen with good morals and fine physique.

Yes, I think the context shows clearly enough that that's right. The 'class' is the type of healthy young Englishmen with good morals and a fine physique. Miss Ley is normally rather unimpressed by such a type but she can understand what Bertha might see in this kind of man.

Here's more context:

Since his arrival Miss Ley had been observing Craddock with great minuteness, and, being a woman, could not help finding some pleasure in the knowledge that Bertha was trying with anxiety to discover her judgment. Craddock’s appearance was prepossessing. Miss Ley liked young men generally, and this was a very good-looking member of the species. His eyes were good, but otherwise there was nothing remarkable in the physiognomy—he looked healthy and good-tempered. Miss Ley noticed even that he did not bite his nails, and that his hands were strong and firm. There was really nothing to distinguish him from the common run of healthy young Englishmen, with good morals and fine physique; but the class is pleasant. Miss Ley’s only wonder was that Bertha had chosen him rather than ten thousand others of the same variety, for that Bertha had chosen him somewhat actively there was in Miss Ley’s mind not the shadow of a doubt.