Résumé
Résumé de L’Homme squaw
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For readers who enjoy early twentieth century melodrama, tales of the American West, and stories where duty fights with desire.
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The Squaw Man tells of an English gentleman who gives up his name, his country and the woman he loves to protect someone else, and who starts a new life on the American frontier. It began as a stage play by Edwin Milton Royle, first produced in 1905. The novel followed, written by the actress Julie Opp Faversham with Royle. It carries the story of the play to readers who had not seen it.
The book sets two worlds side by side: the drawing rooms of English high society and the open ranch country of the American West. It asks what honor costs and who pays for it. You will meet a man tested by loyalty, love and exile. Let us begin with the English life he leaves behind.
Dans ce résumé
- 1A gentleman carries another man's guiltFree
- 2Love complicates a sacrifice
- 3Exile carries him to the Wyoming range
- 4Two cultures meet in Nat-U-Ritch
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A gentleman carries another man's guilt
The story opens in the upper circles of England. Its hero is Captain James Wynnegate, an officer and a gentleman, trusted by his friends and admired for his character. Among those close to him is his cousin Henry, the Earl of Kerhill, a man of rank and standing.
Trouble comes when money entrusted to the care of a charity is found to be missing. A scandal threatens, and someone must answer for it. James could clear himself, but only by exposing a person whose ruin would hurt others he cares about.
So he makes a hard choice. He decides to bear the blame himself rather than shame those who depend on a spotless name. The decision shapes everything that follows. From the first chapters, the book makes honor a matter of action, not manners, and shows that it can cost a man nearly everything.
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Questions about L’Homme squaw
What is The Squaw Man about?
It is about an English captain who takes the blame for another man's wrong, leaves England, and starts over on the American frontier, where honor, love and duty are tested again in a new setting.
Who wrote The Squaw Man?
The play was written by Edwin Milton Royle and first staged in 1905. The novel version is credited to Julie Opp Faversham, an actress, together with Royle, and it retells the play's story in prose.
Is The Squaw Man a true story?
No, it is a fictional melodrama. It was written for the stage in the early twentieth century and uses a popular mix of English high society and American frontier adventure.
Where does The Squaw Man take place?
The story moves between two settings: the drawing rooms of English high society, where Captain James Wynnegate begins, and the open ranch country of Wyoming, where he rebuilds his life among ranchers and cowhands after leaving England.
Is The Squaw Man hard to read?
No. The story is direct and emotional, with clear heroes and villains. Its plot is easy to follow.