You might enjoy books by Evelyn Waugh, although most of his characters are British, and his stories are set in the 1920's through the '40s. Still, if you like "Metropolitan" you might like Waugh, because he writes with a lot of intelligence and wit, and he had an appreciation for traditions and the aristocracy. For this and other reasons, like Whit Stillman, Waugh was not politically correct.
Waugh's book Vile Bodies is set amongst a group of wealthy British young people, although the characters in it aren't as likeable or innocent as the ones in "Metropolitan." Brideshead Revisited is a real masterpiece and takes place mostly amongst a wealthy British family before World War II. Its filled with interesting and sometimes admirable characters, and while it has lots of very funny dialogue it is also a very deep, moving story. The characters of Sebastian and Antony in it have some similarities with Nick of "Metropolitan." And there was an excellent TV version of "Brideshead Revisited" made in the early 1980's, with Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews and lots of other good actors, which is very faithful to the book. Other Waugh novels are excellent too. And I've read that another British writer Anthony Powell is very good at writing about the British upper classes, but I haven't read any of his stuff.
P.G. Wodehouse wrote lots of very funny stories about a young British aristocrat and his butler Jeeves. Wodehouse also has lots of wit and humor, and he isn't as biting and satirical as Waugh.
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