Throwing Our Daintiest Bait Overboard: THE ANGLOMANIACS (1891)

Oh no! What have Amy, Jacinta, and Monique gotten themselves into this week? In honor of our namesake Charles Dana Gibson's 159th birthday this week, the Gibson Girls dive into the very first novel he ever illustrated—Mrs. Burton (Constance Cary) Harrison's THE ANGLOMANIACS (1891). Part romance, part comedy, part tragedy, this tale of a social-climbing New York mother chasing an aristocratic husband for her only daughter kept us desperately turning the pages... and not always in a good way! But with the modern-day pop-culture infatuation with the famous "Dollar Princesses" of the late 19th century, how could we pass up this opportunity to learn what 19th century Americans themselves had to say on the subject? It's a fascinating, challenging, and frustrating episode you will not want to miss!