The Parvenu’s Plot: Gender, Culture, and Class in the Age of Realism

by Stephanie Foote

Fascinating assessment of the female parvenu in turn-of-the-twentieth-century literature and culture

256 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 2014

About the author

Stephanie Foote is an Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.