ss society. Charlotte and Letitia try to imitate the London fashion and sophisticated behaviour like coquetry. They constantly talk about fashion and Charlotte expresses her wish for luxury: "I want a dozen pretty things myself"(p. 26, l. 24-25).
             Dimple and his servant Jessamy also admire European attitudes as elegant and refined. Both adopt French phrases into their language in order to sound more elegant. Jessamy for example says "therefore, sans ceremonie" (p.35, l. 11). Dimple often quotes from letters of Lord Chesterfield, a sophisticated writer who seems to be a moral model for Dimple. They obviously estimate foreign European traits to be more elegant than American values. Tyler implies also the conflict between rural and urban origin by means of satirising the New England characters Manly and Jonathan in the urban background of New York. Manly' s New England sentimentalism seems to be "antiquated", as his sister Charlotte calls his attitude (p. 23, l. 6). She makes fun of him and his talking which to her sounds like "a sermon" (p. 23, l. 28). Manly's language seems to be inappropriate for conversation in New York. He often speaks in soliloquies. Jonathan, representing the American Yankee, behaves even more awkward
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