Agnes Castle’s Pamela Pounce is a light comic novel whose lively heroine moves through a world of frocks, petticoats, and fashionable intrigue. The story uses the bustle of dressmaking and dress as the backdrop for romance and social comedy in the popular early twentieth-century style.
Though fiction rather than costume history, the book is steeped in the language and atmosphere of fashion, its title alone promising a tale of tempestuous petticoats. It offers an entertaining glimpse of how clothing animated popular storytelling. A spirited period romp, it is available here as a free EPUB download.