Pelham — Volume 01

This book is Volume 1 of the series. Its intricate plot and humorous, intimate portrayal of pre-Victorian dandyism kept gossips busy trying to associate public figures with characters in the book. It conveys the newer, and sound moral, of showing how a man of sense can subject the usages of the world to him instead of being conquered by them, and gradually grow wise by the very foibles of his youth.