The Rustle of Silk

Step back into the glittering drawing rooms of early twentieth-century London with Cosmo Hamilton's sparkling society novel, presented here in its complete, unabridged original text. First published in 1915, The Rustle of Silk follows the fortunes of men and women whose polished surfaces conceal very human longings — for love, for security, for forgiveness — as charm and consequence dance together through every chapter. Hamilton writes with the warmth and wit that made him a favorite of magazine readers on both sides of the Atlantic, and his story of reputation, romance, and the price of appearances still rewards the modern reader. This heritage edition includes a new introduction setting the novel in its historical moment, along with reader's notes illuminating the customs, phrases, and social codes of its world. The text has been carefully reproduced exactly as first issued. Part of The Founding Texts Library.