The Aristocrats: Being the Impressions of the Lady Helen Pole during Her Sojourn in the Great North Woods as Spontaneously Recorded in Her Letters to Her Friend in North Britain the Countess of Edge and Ross

New York: John Lane, 1902. 7th Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 7th printing. Hinges loosening, minor wear to corners, ink name on front endpaper. 1902 Hard Cover. 308, [4] pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles and elaborate gilt decorations and rules on front board. Lady Helen Pole leaves England for the wilderness of upstate New York's Adirondack Mountains, accompanying her ailing brother Bertie as he seeks restoration in the fresh mountain air. They stay at an exclusive lakeside community for the upper class vacationers, where Helen is both fascinated and perplexed by the culture of America's self-proclaimed aristocracy. As she immerses herself in the natural beauty surrounding Boulder Lake and Chipmunk Lake, Helen finds herself entangled in the attentions of several very determined American suitors. With nuance and wit, Gertrude Atherton's The Aristocrats offers an outsider's glimpse into the complex inner workings of America's aspiring nobility in the early 20th century.