As Others See Us: Being the Diary of a Canadian Debutante

"As Others See Us: Being the Diary of a Canadian Debutante" by W. H. P. Jarvis is a story about a young woman's first experiences in the high-class city society of Canada. The story is told through the diary of Elsie Travers, an eighteen-year-old girl who is beginning her debut into society, showing the reader her thoughts and feelings as she attends parties and dances. She comes from a small village, and the diary reveals her observations of social differences and her ambition to fit in with the upper class. She begins to question the importance of social standing as she gets to know characters like her aunt and uncle by learning more about their life in the city and she begins to see herself and her future differently.