You've got "class"

I love reading novels like this one because I enjoy seeing the importance of class in the Victorian Era. Something as simple as a gesture, a seat at the table, or the view from a bedroom window carried so much weight in this time period, and it is difficult, I believe, for us to understand that in our modern world. Lucy is a great example of someone who is torn between what society expects of her and what she truly wants for herself. I don't know if this novel qualifies for the genre "comedy of manners," but there are definitely some comic, ironic twists that deal with the importance of mannerisms and social expectations. This novel gives us a delicious slice of the Victorian Era, and I am anxious to read more.