"The Climber" by E. F. Benson is one of the author's many tales of an ambitious woman bent on achieving social prominence. Following in the footsteps of prominent writers before him, he writes about the will of a strong woman and the lengths she's willing to go through to make something of herself and live life on her own terms, despite all that it might cost her. To this day, this book continues to be a prominent book among independent women.