The New York Social Season
byDuring the 1870s and 1880s, the social season was divided into two: winter and summer. The winter season stretched from mid-November until the onset…
April, 2009
Pride & Prejudice, Comic Book Style
byThough the bucolic world described by Jane Austen is far removed from the Edwardian era, the news of a Pride & Prejudice comic book…
The Four Hundred
byBoston had its Brahmins, Philadelphia its Main Line, and Virginia its First Families; however, the upper class of New York, unlike those venerable cities,…