Lady Conybeare, called Kit, proposes a school to teach the upper classes to be charming, while her set pursues the money of the City and of rich Americans in London. Young Toby’s engagement and his business partnership with a smooth solitary financier pull the comedy of manners toward real ruin.
Early Benson, already sharp on snobbery and greed, decades before the Mapp and Lucia books. Download the free EPUB.