Champagne Standard (1905)

The Champagne Standard is a novel written by Anna Eichbert Lane and published in 1905. The story follows the life of a young woman named Ruth, who is born into a wealthy family in New York City. Ruth's family is obsessed with maintaining their social status and their reputation in high society. They believe that their wealth and social connections make them superior to others, and they hold themselves to a ""champagne standard"" of living.Ruth is raised to believe in this standard and is expected to marry a wealthy man who can provide for her and maintain her family's status. However, Ruth begins to question the values of her family and the society in which she lives. She becomes friends with people from different backgrounds and begins to see the world from a different perspective.As Ruth navigates her way through high society and the complexities of love and marriage, she must decide whether to uphold the champagne standard or to forge her own path. The novel explores themes of class, wealth, and social status, as well as the struggle to find one's own identity in a world that values conformity.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.