What Will People Say? a Novel

A sweeping novel of love, reputation, and social pressure in early twentieth-century New York, following the entanglements of men and women navigating desire and the fear of scandal. Rupert Hughes, a popular and prolific storyteller, examines the gap between private feeling and public appearance with sympathy and wit. Rich in period detail and romantic incident, it captures the manners and anxieties of its age. An absorbing example of the popular fiction that entertained a generation of American readers.