Title: The Californians
First published: 1898
Description: The Californians, was Gertrude Atherton's first novel in the post-Spanish era. Critics of the era said it "was by far more convincing and attractive in delineating California manners and morals. . . . The novel fairly establishes her claim to be considered as one of the most vivid and entertaining interpreters of the complex characters of emancipated American womanhood."
Subjects: Fiction, Upper class, Fiction, historical, general
Places: California, San Francisco (Calif.), San Francisco