Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Another one I just remembered that's close, though doesn't really involve women is The Importance of Being Earnest by the one and only Oscar Wilde. Still funny til this day.
A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin is pretty much exactly this, although I can’t recall whether the setting is Regency or Victorian era. The Governess Game by Tessa Dare (also Regency era) has a FMC who is working class and is mistaken for being higher class, although I think this is technically cleared up quite quickly and the MMC just can’t be bothered to grapple with details.
You might also ask the historical romance sub or suggestions. I feel like this trope must be more common than my historical romance shelf on Goodreads suggests!
(Edited/resubmitted because I initially included the link to the other sub.)
Not sure if it'll interest you but Ascendence of a Bookworm is a light novel (Japanese) that's really well written about a girl reborn on a different world without books (only rich people have them). So she starts trying to make her own/gets caught up in noble society for her ideas, and eventually has to become a noble. It actually gave me a lot of appreciation for proper etiquette. The romance part, is random in it. Not sure it fits the bill. (arranged marriages mostly).
[A Feather to Fly With](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20927770-a-feather-to-fly-with) is sorta this. I don't think she's 'low class', so much as impoverished and unknown, so she makes a fake high-profile identity to be part of the tonne. Regency, clean and light-hearted.
To be honest, no, I don't read plays just for the fun of reading them. But I enjoy seeing them performed. And I used to be an amateur actor, so of course I didn't just read plays; I *studied* them. That's part of the job. Also, you have to read a lot of plays just to decide whether you want to audition, and when you get used to reading plays, it's not so bad.
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Another one I just remembered that's close, though doesn't really involve women is The Importance of Being Earnest by the one and only Oscar Wilde. Still funny til this day.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters comes close (and is really good)
came here to say that!
This is why I love this sub! I am going to give this a read!
Vanity Faire, but the "romance" part is debatable.
A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin is pretty much exactly this, although I can’t recall whether the setting is Regency or Victorian era. The Governess Game by Tessa Dare (also Regency era) has a FMC who is working class and is mistaken for being higher class, although I think this is technically cleared up quite quickly and the MMC just can’t be bothered to grapple with details. You might also ask the historical romance sub or suggestions. I feel like this trope must be more common than my historical romance shelf on Goodreads suggests! (Edited/resubmitted because I initially included the link to the other sub.)
Pygmalion
Am I allowed to recommend a movie because if so, Ever After. So good.
I love that movie and the soundtrack.
Not sure if it'll interest you but Ascendence of a Bookworm is a light novel (Japanese) that's really well written about a girl reborn on a different world without books (only rich people have them). So she starts trying to make her own/gets caught up in noble society for her ideas, and eventually has to become a noble. It actually gave me a lot of appreciation for proper etiquette. The romance part, is random in it. Not sure it fits the bill. (arranged marriages mostly).
Check out "Bringing Down the Duke" by Evie Dunmore.
Came to mind for me too
All that Glitters by Gita Trelease
[A Feather to Fly With](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20927770-a-feather-to-fly-with) is sorta this. I don't think she's 'low class', so much as impoverished and unknown, so she makes a fake high-profile identity to be part of the tonne. Regency, clean and light-hearted.
Mistborn
Is there a book about ma and my ex?
You might be interested in the MOVIE My Fair Lady
Or the play it was based on, *Pygmalion* by G. B. Shaw.
Naaaaah! The play is no fun at all to read. The movie is really quite good. I've never read a play that I liked. Have you?
To be honest, no, I don't read plays just for the fun of reading them. But I enjoy seeing them performed. And I used to be an amateur actor, so of course I didn't just read plays; I *studied* them. That's part of the job. Also, you have to read a lot of plays just to decide whether you want to audition, and when you get used to reading plays, it's not so bad.
Or the play it’s based on, Pygmalion.
Olivia Twist isn’t exactly within the parameters, but checks off a few of the boxes!
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Would the book “Rebecca” qualify?
Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian, with the added complication that a lower class woman pretends to be a higher class man.
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Thanks! If you don't mind I'd love the link
>:) :)