Emma. Jane Wilson in Anne Brontë's novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Barry Lyndon, the protagonist of the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray. The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loisel and her husband. Mathilde always imagined herself in a high social position with wonderful jewels. However, she has nothing and marries a low-paid clerk who tries his best to make her happy. "William Wilson", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Philosophy Friedrich Nietzsche in The Gay Science section 176 on Compassion "les souverains rangent aux parvenus" translated "the sovereign put themselves before the parvenu". Film and television In Miss Potter, Beatrix Potter refers to her parents as "Parvenus...social climbers" after they attempt to prevent her from marrying her publisher Norman Warne since he is a tradesman, despite them coming from a trading background. In Downfall, Adolf Hitler furiously accuses Hermann Göring of being a parvenu. In The Crown, Queen Mary says Prince Philip "represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenus". Hyacinth Bucket, the protagonist of the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances In Stan & Ollie, Stan Laurel calls Hal Roach a parvenu when he refuses to give them a raise. See also Nouveau riche Social mobility Snobbery Hypergamy Covetousness Novus homo Yuppie References External links Class discrimination French words and phrases Social classes Upper class culture Socio-economic mobility ja:成金 zh:暴发户