middle class

Nora, a pampered and petted wife, forges a signature to obtain money for her ailing husband, the results of which lead her to growth and to her resentment of being treated like a doll in her own house.

Nora, resenting her life as a pampered wife, forges a signature in order to obtain money for her ailing husband, and the results of this act lead her to personal growth and to her resentment of being treated like a doll in her own house.

A nineteenth-century French woman pursues her romantic dreams through a series of lovers.

Describes the neighborhood-based social life of the African-American middle class, based on a study of Chicago's Groveland community, looking at how racial segregation, changing economic structures, and poverty affect the residential experience of African-American middle class families, and especially youth.

The fragile society in which a British couple and an American couple live in pre-World War I Europe is ruptured, revealing deceit, hatred, infidelity, and betrayal.

Charleston debutant Sarah Walters moves to New York to attend college where she learns that the lessons taught at Cotillion Training School do not necessarily apply to relationships in the big city.

The story of Catherine Morland, a well-to-do clergyman's daughter whose imagination runs away with her during a visit to the medieval home of the Tilney's, a family she met while vacationing at Bath. Convinced that General Tilney, the father of her soon-to-be betrothed, is a brutal criminal, Catherine is chagrined when her suspicions - which owe more to her love of fantasical novels than to her gifts for sleuthing - are discovered by her hosts. [from inside jacket.

A nineteenth century story about a women trapped in a conformist society that considered women to be inferior to men.