The Californians

Description:

The Californians, was Gertrude Atherton's first novel in the post-Spanish era. Critics of the era said it "was by far more convincing and attractive in delineating California manners and morals. . . . The novel fairly establishes her claim to be considered as one of the most vivid and entertaining interpreters of the complex characters of emancipated American womanhood."

subjects: Fiction,  Upper class,  Fiction, historical, general

Places: California,  San Francisco (Calif.),  San Francisco