He is one of the few who will stand up to his mother and will not listen to his mother’s advice which will cause her a good deal of frustration. Smart, attractive, poised, charming and mischievous, he enjoys witty banter. He's decided it's time to settle down and has become obsessed with money while on the lookout for a serious heiress who will allow him to live, as he would put it, properly. Her mother uses her as a tool for her own ambition and forces her toward socially advantageous situations.īlake Ritson as Oscar Van Rhijn - Agnes van Rhijn's charismatic son. She has an independent streak, but her defiance is no match for her mama. She doesn’t really know how her father made his money, and she doesn’t much care, but she is used to it and wouldn’t know what to do without it. Taissa Farmiga as Gladys Russell - A classic, innocent and lovely child of the rich who doesn't want a governess or for her mother to treat her as a child anymore-she yearns to be out in society meeting suitable young men. She moves from Doylestown to New York City after her father dies to live with her estranged aunts, Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook. She is curtailed by the rules of her time, but there is a modern streak in her, too. In one way, Marian knows that her probable fate will be to marry as well as she can and survive, but she wants more than this. Born to an old Pennsylvania family, but her father has left her without a penny. Louisa Jacobson as Marian Brook - Our principal heroine. But Peggy’s secret will eventually be revealed, causing a tectonic shift in her world. When she meets Marian both women are seeking a fresh start, and form an unlikely friendship as they begin this next chapter of their lives in New York. She’s haunted by her past and lingering questions that’s she unable to find answers to, so she chooses to leave Pennsylvania and return home. She was raised in New York and educated at the prestigious Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia. In every challenge, George must win.ĭenée Benton as Peggy Scott - Is a young, ambitious, writer. He has already acquired millions and many more will follow. He’s fond of his wife and his children, but utterly ruthless in business. Morgan Spector as George Russell - A classic robber baron of his own time, Russell is pleasant enough in company. She is determined to use her money and position to break into a society that resists change at every turn.
She backed her instincts when she set out to catch her husband George, the son of a merchant family who has proved to be a financial genius. She is not naturally confrontational, but she is capable of standing up for what she believes.Ĭarrie Coon as Bertha Russell - Bertha comes from the ordinary middle-class. Now a widow, Agnes still has her son Oscar, whom she worships, but her worship is not returned.Ĭynthia Nixon as Ada Brook - Unlike her sister Agnes, Ada never found a husband and was forced to rely on her sister’s charity.
She found herself penniless as her parents’ fortune was foundering, but she managed to catch a husband just in time. For example, if you want to put quotes within quotes you must use the escape sequence, \", on the interior quotes.Christine Baranski as Agnes van Rhijn - Agnes is a proud and stubborn aristocrat who will never accept that the world has changed, and that ancient values are being replaced by new ones. When an escape sequence is encountered in a print statement, the compiler interprets it accordingly. Insert a backslash character in the text at this point. Insert a double quote character in the text at this point. Insert a single quote character in the text at this point. Insert a form feed in the text at this point. Insert a carriage return in the text at this point. Insert a newline in the text at this point. Insert a backspace in the text at this point. The following table shows the Java escape sequences: Escape Sequences Escape Sequence Returns a String object representing the specified character value that is, a one-character string.Ī character preceded by a backslash (\) is an escape sequence and has special meaning to the compiler. Returns the uppercase or lowercase form of the specified char value. Useful Methods in the Character Class Methodĭetermines whether the specified char value is a letter or a digit, respectively.ĭetermines whether the specified char value is white space.ĭetermines whether the specified char value is uppercase or lowercase, respectively. For a complete listing of all methods in this class (there are more than 50), refer to the The following table lists some of the most useful methods in the Character class, but is not exhaustive. Note: The Character class is immutable, so that once it is created, a Character object cannot be changed.