David Graham Phillips

Author Bio

David Graham Phillips was an American novelist and journalist associated with the muckraking movement. His fiction often explored social ambition, class tensions, corruption, and the pressures facing modern urban life. He wrote with a sharp eye for contemporary manners and moral hypocrisy, helping shape early 20th-century American social criticism. The Social Secretary reflects his interest in status, gender roles, and the social world of wealth and influence.

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