[Ichthypresbyter]

>the privilege of being sent to the country during a dangerous time.

Children of all social classes were evacuated- the slum child evacuated to a prosperous country farmhouse is practically a trope, while some children of wealthy families stayed in London. The only thing that decided whether children went or not was their parents' choice.

Though the Pevensies are relatively privileged in that they have a (EDIT: family friend not uncle) in the countryside who has room for them rather than being sent to a stranger's house.

(EDIT: actually, I can't remember- is there an indication that they knew the Professor before the war?)

[graemep]

You are right in principle, but the mansion does not seem to be owned by an uncle, and there is no indication they were related at all. He is to referred throughout the book as "the professor".

The Pevensies are definitely middle class kids. The sort of kids an academic like Lewis would have known in real life, and probably reflecting the real Lucy's family's circumstances.

[Ichthypresbyter]

Sorry, I got confused- it's the professor who stays with an uncle as a child in The Magician's Nephew.

[marliechiller]

Indeed - see "Goodnight Mister Tom" for an example of a poor child that was evacuated

[nindalf]

The Pevensies were very privileged.

This makes sense, because Lucy was a stand-in for Lewis’ goddaughter. It wouldn’t have made sense for her to be working class.

The Pevensies were from Finchley, a wealthy area of London at the time.

Unlike working class children who had to stay with any random family, these kids got to stay in a mansion owned by an uncle.

Peter and Susan go to boarding school in later books.

Even the way they speak - that’s how posh kids speak.

Yeah obviously, just the act of getting out of London doesn’t mean they’re poshos. Everything else about them indicates that though.