diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb14cc58..de8df5c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ authors: [
 link: "https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ" # The reference for an anchor around the title
 paige:
   about_class: "h6 text-end" # Page about class
+  content_class: "fst-italic" # Page content class
   description_class: "h5 text-start" # Page description class
   math: true # Enable math typesetting with KaTeX
   title_class: "display-1 fw-medium text-start" # Page title class
diff --git a/layouts/partials/paige/content.html b/layouts/partials/paige/content.html
index 327fdf1e..5949c537 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/paige/content.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/paige/content.html
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 {{ if .Content }}
+    {{ $class := $.Params.paige.content_class }}
+
     <section class="paige-content">
+        {{ with $class }}
+            <div class="{{ . }}">
+        {{ end }}
         {{ if .Scratch.Get "paige_show_full_pages" }}
             {{ .Content }}
         {{ else }}
             {{ .Content | replaceRE `(<h[1-6] id="([^"]+)".+)(</h[1-6]+>)` `${1}<a aria-label="Link to this section" class="paige-header-link" href="#${2}">#</a>${3}` | safeHTML }}
         {{ end }}
+        {{ if $class }}
+            </div>
+        {{ end }}
     </section>
 {{ end }}