Fashion and famine
By: by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens.
Publisher: Bunce & Brother
Published: 1854
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
Description: A "big-city melodrama" which tells the story of Ada Wilcox Leicester, an innocent country girl who allows herself to be seduced and corrupted by her aspirations for material wealth. Ada later redeems herself by transforming her grand house into a home for destitute gentlewomen.
Notes: A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site.