upper class

A portrayal of New York society in the 1870's where money counted for less than manners and morals.

Alexandra Aldrich offers her own words about growing up in poverty and yet living in a mansion on over four hundred acres of property--her father, the owner of Rokeby mansion, inherited the land, but not the fortune, of the Astor family. Aldrich explains how she managed to educate herself and find happiness in such a home, until her father began cheating on her mother, and how she escaped the Astor house.

A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.

The tragic story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his attempt to win back the love of Daisy Buchanan.

Contains ten short stories written by Fitzgerald originally published between 1920 and 1937 focusing on wealthy, upper class people and their relationships.

Newland Archer, a young lawyer in upper-crust 1870's New York, becomes a victim of social expectations and restrictions when he becomes infatuated with his docile fiancee's nonconformist cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska.

A portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.