Résumé
Résumé de Gloire de la jeunesse
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You will love this if you enjoy old-fashioned romance, seaside towns in early summer, and stories where honor and the heart pull in different directions.
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A girl in black packs her trunk in a tower room while a storm batters the sea outside. A kind doctor climbs the winding stairs to stop her. Glory of Youth is a romance by Temple Bailey, set among harbor lights, yacht clubs and seaplanes. It gives you a tangled love story told with warmth and humor, and it begins with one promise made out of pity and loneliness.
Dans ce résumé
- 1A girl in mourning packs her trunkFree
- 2A proposal made from pity, not love
- 3Diana comes home and finds she is too late
- 4Lilacs, a borrowed wardrobe and a song
- 5Justin and Bettina find a golden afternoon
- 6Two people on the heights in an empty house
- 7A little silver ring and a flight over the sea
- 8A captain's flowers and Sophie's worries
- 9What the story is really about
Point clé 1 sur 9
A girl in mourning packs her trunk
The story opens with Bettina Dolce, a red-gold-haired girl in mourning, packing a shabby trunk. Her mother has just died, and she lives at the top of the old Lane house above a stormy sea. She is poor, alone, and shunned by the town because her father was an Italian singer.
Dr. Anthony Blake, a respected surgeon with graying hair, climbs the stairs to find her. He is tired from a difficult operation, and he promised her dying mother to look after her. He offers to find her work and talks her into staying, and she gives in.
This first scene sets the pattern for the book. Bettina is young and lonely. Anthony is strong and protective, and he already carries a private grief. The meeting hints that a promise made in tenderness can become a trap.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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Questions about Gloire de la jeunesse
What is Glory of Youth about?
It follows Bettina, a lonely young woman who promises to marry a surgeon out of gratitude, then falls in love with a young aviator. Around them, an older love between the surgeon and a wise friend tests everyone's sense of honor.
Who is who in Glory of Youth?
Bettina Dolce is the young heroine. Dr. Anthony Blake is the surgeon, Diana Gregory the woman he has loved for years, and Justin Ford the daring flyer. Sophie Martens is Diana's friend, and Captain Stubbs and Miss Matthews bring gentle comedy.
What does the Gray Gull mean in the book?
The Gray Gull is Justin's seaplane, which both flies and floats. It stands for freedom, youth and risk, and it carries Bettina into the sky and into a love she has been afraid to name.
Where and when is Glory of Youth set?
It takes place in a New England harbor town of rocky gardens, yacht clubs and lighthouses, in the early days of flying.
Is Glory of Youth easy to read?
It has short chapters, lively dialogue and a clear story. Humorous side characters, such as the captain and the teacher, and lovely descriptions of the sea and lilacs make it a pleasant, flowing read.