Alice Adams, a young woman from a working-class background, strives to fit in with the upper class in her small town. Despite her family's financial struggles, Alice's mother blames her husband and Alice tries to hide their true social standing to impress Arthur Russell, who is engaged to another woman. As Alice continues to deceive Arthur, her mother pressures her father to invest in a business venture to improve their social standing. But when the truth is revealed, the fragile Adams family's facade begins to crumble, threatening their happiness with Arthur.
Alice Adams
A young woman from a humble background faces numerous challenges and humiliations as she pursues a higher social status, hindered by her unsophisticated relatives and her father's erratic behavior.
