Doris Lessing’s deconstruction of the classless society myth in postwar Britain in “The Fifth Child”

In the later part of the 20th century, many British people believed that Britain had entered classless society and turned into a nation of middle class, and an important way of realizing such a middle-class society was to restore traditional Victorian family values. However, Doris Lessing's novel “The Fifth Child” proves the bankruptcy of the belief.