A short story by Frances Hodgson Burnett, written in 1877. The tale is written from the perspective of a French tutor who meets with an American family, recently come to Paris after making a fortune in iron. The focus is on the daughter Esmeralda, and her mother’s scheming to push the family into Parisian society.

To read a digital copy of the play, see: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/23328/23328-h/23328-h.htm