Author: Booth Tarkington
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This charming and evocative story provides an intimate glimpse into the art world of Paris and the beauty of the French countryside, with unexpected twists and turns that keep the reader engaged until the very end. The story begins with an American man sharing his experiences studying painting in Paris and later returning as an older man. He and his friend George Ward spot a notorious American known for debauchery and partying, and witness a tragic accident involving the man's touring car. The incident is forgotten until the narrator returns to Paris after two years in Capri, and then heads to Normandy to paint landscapes.
The Guest of Quesnay
Author: Booth Tarkington
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This charming and evocative story provides an intimate glimpse into the art world of Paris and the beauty of the French countryside, with unexpected twists and turns that keep the reader engaged until the very end. The story begins with an American man sharing his experiences studying painting in Paris and later returning as an older man. He and his friend George Ward spot a notorious American known for debauchery and partying, and witness a tragic accident involving the man's touring car. The incident is forgotten until the narrator returns to Paris after two years in Capri, and then heads to Normandy to paint landscapes.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This charming and evocative story provides an intimate glimpse into the art world of Paris and the beauty of the French countryside, with unexpected twists and turns that keep the reader engaged until the very end. The story begins with an American man sharing his experiences studying painting in Paris and later returning as an older man. He and his friend George Ward spot a notorious American known for debauchery and partying, and witness a tragic accident involving the man's touring car. The incident is forgotten until the narrator returns to Paris after two years in Capri, and then heads to Normandy to paint landscapes.
The Guest of Quesnay
Author: Booth Tarkington
Publisher: Musson Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher: Musson Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The Guest of Quesnay
Author: Booth Tarkington
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781986536783
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781986536783
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
Everybody's Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : General interest periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : General interest periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
The Guest of Quesnay
Author: Booth Tarkington
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775561488
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In American author Booth Tarkington's best-known novels and stories, he describes the changing of the cultural guard in the United States as the moneyed aristocracy gave way to the up-and-coming robber barons and titans of industry. In The Guest of Quesnay, Tarkington casts his social scrutiny on a different continent, using the figure of an American painter in Paris as a lens through which to explore relationships between European and American attitudes and ideals.
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775561488
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In American author Booth Tarkington's best-known novels and stories, he describes the changing of the cultural guard in the United States as the moneyed aristocracy gave way to the up-and-coming robber barons and titans of industry. In The Guest of Quesnay, Tarkington casts his social scrutiny on a different continent, using the figure of an American painter in Paris as a lens through which to explore relationships between European and American attitudes and ideals.
P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
Author: P. G. Wodehouse
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393088995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
A collection of letters from one of England's greatest comic writers includes his humorous and touching correspondence with family, friends, and great literary figures of the twentieth century.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393088995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
A collection of letters from one of England's greatest comic writers includes his humorous and touching correspondence with family, friends, and great literary figures of the twentieth century.
The Publishers Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
The Works of Booth Tarkington
Author: Booth Tarkington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The Dial
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
A Guide to the Best Fiction in English
Author: Ernest Albert Baker
Publisher: London : G. Routledge
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Publisher: London : G. Routledge
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description