In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.

Susie Parkington

Major Augustus Parkington

Amory Stilham

Baroness Aspasia Conti

Edward VII, Prince of Wales

Alice, Dutchess de Brancourt

Jane Stilham

Ned Talbot

Lord Thornley

Jack Stilham

John Marbey

Mattie Trounson

Signor Cellini

Madeleine Parkington Swann

Humphrey

Mrs. Graham

Al Swann

Helen Parkington Stilham

Lady Nora Ebbsworth
October 12, 1944

Susie Parkington

Major Augustus Parkington

Amory Stilham

Baroness Aspasia Conti

Edward VII, Prince of Wales

Alice, Dutchess de Brancourt

Jane Stilham

Ned Talbot

Lord Thornley

Jack Stilham

John Marbey

Mattie Trounson

Signor Cellini

Madeleine Parkington Swann

Humphrey

Mrs. Graham

Al Swann

Helen Parkington Stilham

Lady Nora Ebbsworth
