In what may be his finest novel since
The Rector of Justin, Louis Auchincloss
offers his richest portrait yet of the man-
ners and mores of the Establishment
world he knows so well.
The lady of situations is Natica
Chauncey, the daughter of a ruined fi-
nancier who is forced to rely on a kindly
matron for her glancing acquaintance
with the aristocracy of Long Island. But
Natica is too clear-sighted to pretend that
such a life, as much as it dazzles her,
would satisfy her intellect. Coming of
age at a time when anything more than
a modest show of ambition does not be-
come a lady, she must seek her own for-
tune in the fortunes of others. And so,
with little more than her wits and deter-
mination, she makes her way through
the social shoals of New England prep
schools, Hudson Valley estates, and New
York drawing rooms.
Natica sees herself as a Bronte sister
"without the moors and without the ge-
nius"; her doting Aunt Ruth, a woman
of less imagination but considerably more
compassion, would contend merely that
she has "an attractive personality and a .
first-class mind." But Natica has one
thing more: a gift for finding opportu-
nity in improbable situations, even at the risk of scandal.
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