The Haute Noblesse

"The Haute Noblesse: A Novel" by George Manville Fenn

George Manville Fenn was a prolific English novelist, journalist, editor, and educationalist. The story centers around a perceived weak and spoiled young man who drives the rest of his family and his friends to desperate measures to hide his vile behavior from others. This book is a study of society and the social norms that, to modern readers, are of a much different time.