Résumé
Résumé de Cherchez la femme
À qui s’adresse-t-il ?
Readers who enjoy Jazz-Age New York, spirited heroines, cabaret nights, quick dialogue and a murder mystery with a romantic thread will find this book a lively companion.
De quoi parle ce livre ?
One week in New York can change a whole life. In the winter of 1920, Clancy Deane, a twenty-year-old typist from a Maine fishing town, spends her small inheritance on a one-way trip to the city of her dreams. She wants a movie career and a rich future. Arthur Somers Roche gives her glamour, crooks and danger instead.
Dans ce résumé
- 1A Maine girl takes Broadway by stormFree
- 2A poker game ends in a brawl
- 3A talent agent locks the door
- 4The papers print a murder, and she runs
- 5A job, a painter, and a familiar name
- 6A glittering party and a hidden trap
- 7A bluff, an opera, and a deal that saves her
- 8Ambition, scandal and the nerve of youth
- 9How the story keeps you turning pages
Point clé 1 sur 9
A Maine girl takes Broadway by storm
Clancy Deane rides up Fifth Avenue and decides that clothes are all she lacks. Two days ago she was typing in Zenith, Maine. Now she carries her inheritance and a card from a singer she once nursed, introducing a friend called Florine Ladue to a theatrical agent. Clancy chooses that name to make famous.
She takes a room at the Napoli, a hotel near Times Square run by a cheerful landlady. Before she unpacks, a loud blonde named Fay Marston invites her to a cabaret dinner dance. Clancy enjoys turtle soup and is called Florine by everyone.
When dinner ends, five men whisper about a private game. Fay asks whether Clancy wants to come along.
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Questions about Cherchez la femme
What is Find the Woman by Arthur Somers Roche about?
It follows Clancy Deane, a young typist from Maine who moves to New York hoping to work in the movies. Within days she is mixed up with a poker swindle, a crooked agent and a murder, and she hides to avoid arrest.
Who is Florine Ladue in Find the Woman?
Florine Ladue is the stage name Clancy Deane takes when she reaches New York. It is also the name on the card of introduction found in the dead agent's office, so the police treat it as the key to the woman they want.
When was Find the Woman written and where is it set?
It is a work of fiction set in New York in the winter of 1920, during the early Jazz Age and Prohibition. It moves between Broadway, Greenwich Village, Park Avenue and a snowy country house, all drawn from the period.
Is Find the Woman an easy read?
A friendly narrator explains the city's customs as Clancy learns them, and danger keeps returning when she feels safe.
What does the title Find the Woman mean?
The phrase echoes the old advice to look for a woman behind a crime. In the book it appears as a newspaper headline, which puts Clancy in danger because everyone is searching for the woman seen on the fire escape.