The making of a marchioness

This is a 1901 novel for adults about a young woman who married a Marchioness and the melodrama that follows.

Part one, the original Marchioness, is in the Cinderella tradition, while part two, called The Methods of Lady Walderhurst, is an absorbing melodrama - a realistic commentary on late-Victorian marriage.

Unjustly out of print for years, this neglected classic deserves its place alongside "Pride and Prejudice" and "Jane Eyre".