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Samenvatting van De bewaakte hoogten
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A stable boy vows to win the millionaire's daughter, then climbs through Princeton and Wall Street to reach her.
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De bewaakte hoogten in het kort
Samenvatting: 8 min leestijd
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- 1921by Wadsworth Camp
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De bewaakte hoogten in short
The Guarded Heights follows one young man's vow. George Morton, a livery keeper's son, is struck by the pride of Sylvia Planter and decides to become her equal. He gets into Princeton through Squibs Bailly, builds a name at football, and turns his sharp eye on Wall Street.
What De bewaakte hoogten is about
What does a stable hand do when the heiress he guards calls him a beast and swings a riding crop at his face? George Morton snaps the crop in two, pockets the pieces, and swears he will have her.
It follows George from his father's failing livery business to Princeton, Wall Street and the war, with a tutor who keeps asking what all the climbing is for.
Voor wie is het?. Readers who love driven heroes, romances across class lines, and American settings from estates to trading floors will enjoy this novel. It also suits anyone curious about ambition and money.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A fall from a horse changes everything
George Morton is twenty when his father's livery business collapses under the weight of cheap automobiles. Old Planter, the millionaire who owns the vast Oakmont estate, lets the family stay in their little house at a low rent. George, the best horseman in the countryside, takes a summer job with the Planter horses.
Then Sylvia, the daughter, comes home from school. Old Planter orders George to ride behind her whenever she goes out alone, and she calls him Morton, as though he were a hired animal. His father warns him not to look at girls like her.
One July afternoon her horse refuses a hedge and she tumbles out of sight. George finds her white and still, and in his terror he begs her to wake. She stirs, and she has heard every word. She lashes at his face with her crop. He snaps it in two and tells her he will come after what he wants.
A single moment of fear and pride sets a whole life on its course.
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Whip, fists and a warning from Old Planter
Sylvia gallops home to tell her family, and George walks home to tell his own.
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Princeton opens its doors to an outsider
The next morning George says goodbye to his parents.
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Sixty nights of work under Squibs Bailly
Bailly's schedule counts every hour.
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Friends who open doors at a price
At a dinner given by the Baillys, George meets Betty Alston, a fair, kind girl from a wealthy family.
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Football glory and the fight for the club
By sophomore year George is the longest kicker in the game.
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Betty's dance and a showdown with Sylvia
After the Yale game George attends Betty's debut dance in New York.
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Money, Blodgett and a rival engagement
After his freshman year George goes to Wall Street with a letter to a fat, loud financier named Josiah Blodgett.
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The climber, the tutor and the question of service
The book keeps asking what climbing is for.
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Veneer, keepsakes and the guarded heights
Camp tells the story in close third person, staying inside George's head.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- George Morton A livery keeper's son and gifted horseman who vows to rise above his station and win Sylvia Planter.
- Sylvia Planter The proud, dark-haired daughter of a railroad millionaire, who answers George's boldness with scorn and hides her own feelings.
- Lambert Planter Sylvia's brother, a Yale fullback and later financier who fights George, then becomes a loyal friend and partner.
- Squibs Bailly A limping, untidy tutor who coaches George into Princeton and keeps asking what his ambition is for.
- Betty Alston A fair, kind Princeton neighbor who befriends George without questions and offers him a gentler kind of happiness.
- Driggs Wandel Called Spike, a polished, ironic classmate who sees through George and manages his rise in college politics.
- Dicky Goodhue A rich, steady quarterback who becomes George's roommate, friend and business partner.
- Josiah Blodgett A fat, generous Wall Street broker who gives George his first job and hopes to win a place in society.
How it ends (spoiler)
George understands that Dalrymple's romance with Sylvia is over, and he feels that he has at last reached the most carefully guarded heights. With the Planters ready to welcome him, Betty sends George to Princeton in spring, the place where his climb began. The pursuit that started with a broken crop ends with the two of them together, and George turns his ambition toward education and service.
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What is The Guarded Heights about?
It follows George Morton, a stable keeper's son who swears to win Sylvia Planter, the millionaire's daughter who insulted him. His path leads through Princeton, football fame, Wall Street fortune and the First World War.
Who is Sylvia Planter in the novel?
Sylvia is the proud, dark-haired daughter of the railroad millionaire Old Planter. George guards her on horseback, and their quarrel after her fall from a horse drives the whole story.
What does the title The Guarded Heights mean?
The heights are the high places of class, money and manners that wealthy families guard. George wants to climb to them, and other characters ask whether the climb is worth its cost.
Is The Guarded Heights set in a real place?
Yes. It uses real settings such as Princeton University, Wall Street, New York society and the battlefields of France, though the characters and estates are invented. It was written in the years around the First World War.
What is the main message of The Guarded Heights?
The book suggests that ambition alone leaves a person unfinished. George's teacher Squibs Bailly urges him to see that real achievement includes service to others, and the story tests that idea.
Verwijs naar deze uitgave
Camp, Wadsworth. The Guarded Heights. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-guarded-heights.
Camp, W. (2026). The guarded heights. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-guarded-heights (Original work published 1921)
Camp, Wadsworth. The Guarded Heights. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-guarded-heights.
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