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The invitations keep coming—but what does Patty Fairfield truly want from her first steps into society?
In Carolyn Wells's Patty's Social Season, a cheerful young American woman enters a world of parties, dances and visits. Patty Fairfield makes friends easily and turns awkward moments into laughter. Yet the pleasures of a busy social season come with small rivalries and expectations about how a young woman should find her place.
Friendship shares the stage with the possibility of romance. Young men admire Patty, while her friends bring hopes and troubles of their own. With short chapters and lively talk, Wells keeps the mood light. The question is not simply which invitation Patty accepts, but what she wants beneath the bustle of social life.
What you’ll discover
- A heroine full of warmth Meet Patty, whose cheerful spirit and ready laughter help ease the awkward moments of social life.
- A world of invitations Step into parties, dances and visits where new faces bring both pleasure and small rivalries.
- Friendship beside romance Follow close friendships and the possibility of love, with room for other people's hopes and troubles.
- Wishes beneath the bustle Consider what a young woman truly wants when social expectations compete with her own desires.
- Lightness on every page Enjoy short chapters, lively conversation and gentle humour that make this a cheerful reading companion.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this if you like cheerful society stories, quick banter, country house parties at Christmas, gentle matchmaking, and a heroine who combines charm with kindness toward the people around her.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Patty comes out among the flowers
- A stranger at the dance
- The Happy Saturday Afternoon Club
- A lunch no guest will forget
- Quarrels and mended friendships
- Christmas at Fern Falls
- A missing letter and a hiding place
- A sleigh ride and a storm
- The masquerade ball and after
Who’s who
- Patty FairfieldA nineteen-year-old New York debutante, golden-haired, witty and kind, who wants years of fun and a chance to do some good before she thinks of love.
- Philip Van ReypenA well-born, quick-witted New Yorker who is devoted to Patty and keeps asking her for an answer she does not want to give.
- Bill FarnsworthA tall, honest mining man from Arizona, called Big Bill or Little Billee, who sends Patty a poem and thinks himself unfit for her world.
- Mona GalbraithPatty's headstrong, wealthy friend from Chicago, who is drawn to a man everyone else distrusts.
- Roger FarringtonA good-hearted young friend who cares for Mona and cannot hide his dislike of her new acquaintance.
- Horace LansingA bold, slangy man from Chicago whom Mr. Galbraith suspects of pursuing Mona for her money.
- Hal FerrisAdèle's cheerful, enormous brother, nicknamed Chub, who falls for Patty within days at the Christmas house party.
- Daisy DowA pretty, quick-tempered guest at Fern Falls who is jealous of Patty and plays a spiteful trick with a letter.
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La temporada social de Patty
by Carolyn Wells · 1913
Patty Fairfield steps into New York society buried in flowers, with a charity club to start and two suitors.
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Imagine a drawing room full of flowers, with the girl of the house sitting on the floor among them. Carolyn Wells follows Patty Fairfield, a nineteen-year-old New Yorker, through her first winter in society.
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Patty comes out among the flowers
The story opens on the day of Patty's debut. Her drawing room is so full of florist's boxes that she sits on the floor among roses and orchids. One large box of Killarney roses comes from William Farnsworth, a friend far away in Arizona.
Patty jokes about the thank-you notes and about shaking so many hands that she sounds like a trained parrot. She tells her old friend Kenneth that she will never really grow up.
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What is Patty's Social Season about?
It follows Patty Fairfield through her first winter in New York society. She hosts her coming-out, starts a club for kind surprises, goes to a Christmas house party, attends a masquerade ball, and meets two very different suitors.
Who is Little Billee in Patty's Social Season?
Little Billee is Patty's name for Bill Farnsworth, a tall, honest young man from Arizona who works in mining. He calls her Apple Blossom, and the two have known each other since the previous summer.
Is Patty's Social Season part of a series?
Yes. It is one of Carolyn Wells's Patty Fairfield books, which follow the same heroine from girlhood into society. The story gives enough background to be enjoyed on its own, with the people introduced as they appear.
The author
Carolyn Wells
1862–1942 · American humorist and mystery writer
Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) was an American writer born in Rahway, New Jersey. She later lived in New York City, where she died. She wrote poetry, humor, children's books, and mystery novels. Her works include the Patty and Marjorie series, The Clue (1909), and The Gold Bag (1911).
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