This essay proposes that in The Wanderer, Juliet’s shame is inextricably linked with her poverty and her ambiguous national identity; because she is not readily identifiable as English when she meets elite Englishwomen in the novel’s opening chapters, she becomes an object of derision and thus suffers shame. Juliet’s shame and otherness are particularly evident in the proposed harp concert. She must make herself visible, calling special attention to her gender and class since her national ambiguity deprives her of protection and renders her vulnerable to people who would expose her to the public eye. This essay considers the important roles that the Admiral and Harleigh play in outlining the qualities expected of Englishwomen during this moment of national crisis and concludes by arguing that the novel endorses the humiliation of Elinor. As a supporter of the French Revolution and professed lover of Harleigh, Elinor’s interruption of Juliet’s concert reinscribes her shamelessness and her failure to display normative English femininity.