Lives & Memoirs
Society as I Have Found It
Ward McAllister
1890
6h 15m
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Ward McAllister, arbiter of Gilded Age New York, recalls the balls, dinners, and social battles of the elite Four Hundred he helped define. His memoir glitters with the snobbery and splendor of America's aspiring aristocracy. A delicious insider's view for readers who love high society and the age of the robber barons.
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28 chapters
- 1Introduction and Author's Note2m
- 2CHAPTER I. - Society as I have Found It. - MY FAMILY.9m
- 3CHAPTER II. - LAW AND HOUSEKEEPING.20m
- 4CHAPTER III. - INTRODUCTION TO LONDON SPORTS.8m
- 5CHAPTER IV. - A WINTER IN ITALY.13m
- 6CHAPTER V. - GERMANY AND THE ALPS.9m
- 7CHAPTER VI. - WINTER IN PAU.12m
- 8CHAPTER VII. - HOME AGAIN.10m
- 9CHAPTER VIII. - MERRYMAKING IN THE SOUTH.18m
- 10CHAPTER IX. - LIFE AT NEWPORT.16m
- 11CHAPTER X. - SOCIETY’S LEADERS.17m
- 12CHAPTER XI. - DELIGHTS OF COUNTRY LIFE.16m
- 13CHAPTER XII. - FASHIONABLE PEOPLE.10m
- 14CHAPTER XIII. - COTILLIONS IN DOORS AND OUT.15m
- 15CHAPTER XIV. - AN ERA OF GREAT EXTRAVAGANCE.10m
- 16CHAPTER XV. - ON THE BOX SEAT AT NEWPORT.15m
- 17CHAPTER XVI. - SOCIAL UNITY.13m
- 18CHAPTER XVII. - A GOLDEN AGE OF FEASTING.20m
- 19CHAPTER XVIII. - ENTERING SOCIETY.18m
- 20CHAPTER XIX. - ENTERTAINING.13m
- 21CHAPTER XX. - MADEIRAS.11m
- 22CHAPTER XXI. - CHAMPAGNES AND OTHER WINES.12m
- 23CHAPTER XXII. - DINNERS.14m
- 24CHAPTER XXIII. - COOKS AND CATERING.18m
- 25CHAPTER XXIV. - BALLS.12m
- 26CHAPTER XXV. - FAMOUS NEWPORT BALLS.12m
- 27CHAPTER XXVI. - AN ERA OF EXTRAVAGANCE.17m
- 28CHAPTER XXVII. - WASHINGTON DINNERS AND NEW YORK BALLS.17m
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