Fashion: Or, Life in New York
Fashion: Or, Life in New York,comedy of manners by Anna Mowatt, produced in 1845 and published in 1850.
Mrs. Tiffany, a newly rich society woman, and her daughter Seraphina set their caps for Count Jolimaitre, who is attracted by Seraphina's fortune. Tiffany, however, is forced to promise his daughter to Snobson, a confidential clerk who discovers his use of forgery. Jolimaitre is exposed as a fraudulent count and the lover of Mrs. Tiffany's maid. He and Seraphina plan to elope, but wait until they can obtain her jewels, which are held because of Tiffany's financial troubles. Finally Tiffany's friend Adam Trueman frees him from Snobson, and Seraphina from Jolimaitre.
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