Aga saga
noun
(brit) a novel or drama depicting the lives and concerns of the english middle cl-sses
noun
a genre of fiction focusing on the middle cl-ss living in country houses in great britain
examples
the best-known author of ‘aga sagas’ is joanna trollope.
word origin
for the aga (trademark) cooker that is thought to symbolize the middle-cl-ss homemaker lifestyle of the main characters of such books
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