The Prince and the Dressmaker

Construct a detailed portrait of Frances’s ambition. What motivates her and what does not? What tools does she use to go after her dream? What role does her ambition play in developing the novel’s attempt to challenge traditional social mores and expectations?

Analyze Lady Sophia, and her brief arc as a catalyst for Sebastian and Frances’s meeting. How does including this character foreshadow and deepen the novel’s theme of Gender Expansive Self-Expression Through Fashion?

The Prince and the Dressmaker is set in Paris at the end of the 19th century. How does this setting enable and emphasize the themes of the novel? Cite specific examples from the text to support your argument.