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What if pride is the one obstacle love cannot easily outrun?
In The Place of Honeymoons, Harold MacGrath brings romance into a world of European travel, pursuit, and intrigue. Grand settings frame a story in which love grows under pressure. Pride and secrets stand between two people, while misunderstanding makes their feelings difficult to speak.
MacGrath mixes love with mystery and action, keeping the pace light and brisk. His clear plots, lively talk, and short scenes draw you onward through uncertainty. The appeal lies in that restless movement: the promise of escape, the tension of pursuit, and the question of whether affection can get past ego.
What you’ll discover
- A grand European backdrop Step into a world where travel gives romance room to wander and adventure room to unfold.
- Pride against affection Follow the tension between wanting someone and finding the courage to let that feeling show.
- Love under pressure Discover a romance shaped by secrets, misunderstanding, and the strain of feelings held back.
- A lively forward pull Enjoy clear storytelling, lively talk, and punchy scenes that leave a question hanging.
- Escape with emotional stakes Find light adventure alongside the idea that love must sometimes get past ego.
Who will love it
Readers who enjoy a romance with wit, disguises and duels, a sunlit Italian lake setting, and a warm comic father at the centre. Ideal for anyone who likes a love story with plenty of motion.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A millionaire waits at the stage door
- A stranger with music paper
- A visit to the tigress
- A clumsy plan and a gunshot
- A singer disappears from Paris
- The villa on the lake
- A silent war over the teacups
- Courtlandt clears the field
- What the book is really about
- How the story is told
Who’s who
- Edward CourtlandtA wealthy, weathered American wanderer who has run from one thing and now returns to Europe determined to put right an old wrong.
- Nora HarriganThe beautiful American soprano known on stage as Eleonora da Toscana, proud and quick, who hides a wound behind her laughter.
- James HarriganNora's father, a retired prizefighter with a kind heart, a fearless spirit and no talent for cravats.
- Celeste FournierA gifted young French pianist and Nora's closest friend, who watches everything and quietly loves the painter Abbott.
- Donald AbbottA watercolor painter and Courtlandt's school friend, who loves Nora hopelessly and is about to learn how to lose well.
- Flora DesimoneA vain Calabrian diva and Nora's rival, who hates to be outshone and enjoys causing trouble.
- Colonel Caxley-WebsterA loud, kind retired Anglo-Indian officer who hosts the lake society's teas and cannot resist playing peacemaker.
- Herr RosenA young blond man in a Bavarian hat who pursues Nora across Europe and has more to hide than his name.
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Il luogo delle lune di miele
by Harold MacGrath · 1912
A restless millionaire follows a famous soprano from a Paris stage door to a lakeside villa.
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The Place of Honeymoons is a romantic adventure novel by Harold MacGrath, set in Paris and on the shores of Lake Como in the years before the Great War. It follows Edward Courtlandt, a rich American wanderer, and Nora Harrigan, a famous opera singer who performs as Eleonora da Toscana.
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A millionaire waits at the stage door
The story opens in Paris. Courtlandt sits rigid in the Opera while a soprano sings, and her voice calls up a golden temple in Rangoon. He is young but weathered, rich beyond use, and without any goal. He has climbed mountains, hunted tigers and staged elephant fights, yet nothing has satisfied him.
After the performance he cannot stay away. He loiters outside the stage door among the young men who wait for dancers. He sees the singer, Eleonora da Toscana, step into her limousine, pale and quick. A tall man in a soft Bavarian hat offers to help her, and Courtlandt pushes him aside.
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What is The Place of Honeymoons about?
It follows Edward Courtlandt, a wealthy American, and opera singer Nora Harrigan, who are estranged by an old misunderstanding. Their quarrel plays out in Paris and then at a villa on Lake Como, among suitors, rivals and a comic father.
Who wrote The Place of Honeymoons and when?
Harold MacGrath wrote it. He was an American popular novelist who died in 1932. The book belongs to the years before the Great War, with talk of airships, motor cars, tea parties and European tours.
Why is the book called The Place of Honeymoons?
The author uses the name for a terrace in Bellaggio overlooking Lake Como and Lake Lecco, where lovers come to stroll and linger. The title points to the setting where the romance is tested.
The author
Harold MacGrath
1871–1932 · American novelist and screenwriter
Harold MacGrath (1871–1932) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and screenwriter. He was born in Syracuse, New York, and died there. His novels included The Lure of the Mask (1908), The Place of Honeymoons (1912), and The Drums of Jeopardy (1920). Several of his works were adapted for films.
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