Tillie Olsen’s "I Stand Here Ironing" (1961) is a short story that delves into the relationship between a mother and her daughter, highlighting the impact of poverty and a working-class lifestyle on their lives.

Alan Sillitoe's novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, explores the life of Britain's working class.

John Osborne’s play, Look Back in Anger (1957), introduces an antihero, Jimmy Porter, who is on the brink of entering the middle class but is constantly aware that the upper class could hinder his progress at any moment.

Carolyn Kay Steedman’s Landscape for a Good Woman: A Story (1987) recounts the challenges of growing up in a working-class environment in England and the constant struggle for survival.

D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers (1913) is set in Nottinghamshire, a coal mining village. This novel is regarded as one of the earliest British novels to focus on the experiences of the working class.