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Bettina packs her battered trunk while rain hides the sea. Can she leave her grief behind?
Alone after her mother’s death, Bettina longs to escape the old seaside house and seek work in the city. Miss Matthews spends her days teaching, and familiar possessions carry painful memories of Bettina’s parents. When the doctor arrives through an April storm, he finds a young woman eager for life—and determined not to remain among shadows.
The doctor has promised Bettina’s mother that he will care for her, but he has no legal claim to guide her future. His thoughts turn to Diana, a wealthy woman whose judgment he trusts, now engaged to Ulric Van Rosen. Over tea beside the hearth, protection and independence pull against each other, while Bettina questions marriage without love.
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- A restless young heart Meet Bettina, whose hunger for happiness presses against grief, loneliness, and other people’s judgments.
- Shelter from the storm Step into a candlelit room where a warm welcome briefly softens a painful conversation.
- Objects heavy with memory A banjo clock and Venetian keepsakes reveal why familiar surroundings can feel unbearable.
- Care with its limits Consider the doctor’s promise, and the difficult boundary between protecting someone and choosing for them.
- Love beyond mere safety Share Bettina’s unease at marriage that offers protection without the love she wants.
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Gloria de la juventud
by Temple Bailey · 1913
Young people face the pull of love, loyalty and duty as their choices shape the lives they will build.
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Glory of Youth is a novel by Temple Bailey, the American writer who published popular romantic fiction in the early twentieth century. Her books were serialized in magazines and then printed as novels, and they found many readers who liked warm, clean stories about love and family.
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A Story Built on Young Hearts
Temple Bailey wrote in a period when many readers wanted fiction that was hopeful and carefully moral. Her novels usually center on young people at a turning point, when they must decide who they are and what they value.
The title points to that moment of life. Youth is shown as a time of energy, feeling and promise, but also of mistakes and uncertain judgment.
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Who wrote Glory of Youth?
Glory of Youth was written by Temple Bailey, an American novelist who died in 1953. She was a popular writer of romantic and family fiction in the early twentieth century.
What kind of book is Glory of Youth?
It is a romantic novel in the American popular tradition. It deals with young people, love, loyalty and the choices that shape a life.
Is Glory of Youth hard to read?
No. Bailey wrote in a plain, warm style meant for a wide audience. The language is easy to follow.
The author
Temple Bailey
1880–1953 · American novelist
Temple Bailey was an American author of warmly romantic popular fiction, a fixture of the magazines and bestseller lists of her day. The Gay Cockade collects her short stories of love, ambition, and second chances.
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