The Outer Edge of Society - Alexandre Dumas

This play was kind of an account of potential social climbing, with a couple of love stories (or potential love stories) involved as part of the main plot. All I can say is I'm glad that I am not part of this world of scheming and manipulating - and at the risk of spoilers, I will say that there is a (partial?) happy ending. It's an interesting take on how the "upper classes" were expanding, with or without the consent of those who had been part of them for a long time.