Daily thoughts on the life of a fictional upper middle-class lady. The family is well-connected but rather short of money, so " keeping up with the Jones's" requires some tricky balancing. The "author" is busy with mundane family happenings and invitations to social events from local landed gentry, but ruminates on whether this is enough for her, especially when mixing with so-called "intelligentsia for whom she doesn't really have much regard. - Summary by Anne Fletcher
