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Told in the first person, this is a story narrated by an American man who went to Paris in his youth to study painting, who stayed on and is now older. We first meet him on a boulevard in Paris with his friend, George Ward, also a painter. The narrator paints landscapes while George is a very successful portrait painter. This is the place to see and be seen and the two men see a very notorious American in a big, white touring car. His name is a by-word in debauchery and riotous living. A few weeks later, on a drive into the countryside, they are overtaken by that same touring car which then has a spectacular accident. The chauffeur is killed and the debauched one is not expected to live, while his companion, a dancer past her prime, will dance no more. This incident, though shocking at the time, passes from the mind of the narrator, and he shortly leaves Paris to spend two years in Capri, after which he briefly returns to Paris before journeying to Normandy to stay in Madame Brossard’s inn, Les Trois Pigeons, he had last visited as a student. There, he has great hopes for painting some inspiring landscapes. There are two other guests, the renowned psychologist, Professor Keredec and an unusual young man, Oliver Saffren.We learn little about Madame Brossard, apart from the fact that she is a fine-looking woman with a fine manner, but the porter-cum-maître d’hôtel, Amedee, is a delightful character, a white-haired, fat old fellow whose boundless exuberance is wonderful to behold. He is not, however, exuberant about food. No, no, that is far too important and requires soberness and solemnity in the choosing of one’s meal, carefully guided by Amedee, himself, so one’s dinner is eventually what Amedee considers one should eat.
To the narrator’s annoyance, he finds out from Amedee that his friend, George Ward, has leased the nearby Chateau de Quesnay, and that his sister, Miss Elizabeth, is with him, but both are away for a while, leaving a guest in charge of the house. This suits the narrator, who wants to paint, and paint without distractions. Several weeks later, three more people arrive at the inn, one of them an American, a young, foxy man by the name of “Oil Poicy” (translation - Earl Percy) and as his speech is written, I am flummoxed as to what part of America he comes from. His raiment is breath-taking in its colour, pattern, and style, and it is obvious that Mr Oil Poicy is no shrinking violet.
I have said all I can say without giving away the plot, and I realise that I have really only described a few people, but it is for the narrator to tell you the story himself. Originally published in serial form from late 1907 to early 1908, this novel is an intriguing one, with splendid characters and a very good plot. It is extremely well-written as all Tarkington’s books are, with his grasp of language and how it should be used. I suppose I could say it is, essentially, a story about love. Another Tarkington novel I can recommend.
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The Guest of Quesnay edition by Booth Tarkington Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
In reading early Booth Tarkington it was apparent that he had used and reused several themes changing only slightly the viewpoint in which it was told or a minor change to the circumstances in the stories. That is not the case with "The Guest of Quesnay" which was originally serialized in "Everybody's Magazine" between November of 1907 and April of 1908. Tarkington moves the story out of Indiana, and more importantly moves away from the good man up against the bad world theme which had become much too repetitive.
The scene of the action moves to Europe, where Tarkington had based a couple of his shorter novels ("Monsieur Beaucaire", and "His Own People") though this story isn't anything like those. The story is told by an American who is living in France and who dabbles at painting. The story is one which is cleverly crafted, dealing with the narrators, friends, acquaintances, and the famous and/or notorious figures which exist for purposes of the story. While Tarkington probably gives too many hints as to where his story is going and the surprises along the way, as he often did, it is not nearly as transparent a story as many of his others. That, along with it not having the same basic theme makes this one an interesting read and one of his books to read if you are interested in his best works.
Of the novels which he had written up to this point, I would rank this one second only to "The Two Vanrevels", and I would also consider his collection of short fiction based on his political career "In The Arena" to be slightly superior to this work. This would be the last novel for Booth Tarkington for several years, until "The Flirt" which was published in December through February of 1912-1913. In the interim, he published a shorter work titled "Beasley's Christmas Party" and a couple of plays titled "The Man from Home" and "Beauty and the Jacobin".
Told in the first person, this is a story narrated by an American man who went to Paris in his youth to study painting, who stayed on and is now older. We first meet him on a boulevard in Paris with his friend, George Ward, also a painter. The narrator paints landscapes while George is a very successful portrait painter. This is the place to see and be seen and the two men see a very notorious American in a big, white touring car. His name is a by-word in debauchery and riotous living. A few weeks later, on a drive into the countryside, they are overtaken by that same touring car which then has a spectacular accident. The chauffeur is killed and the debauched one is not expected to live, while his companion, a dancer past her prime, will dance no more. This incident, though shocking at the time, passes from the mind of the narrator, and he shortly leaves Paris to spend two years in Capri, after which he briefly returns to Paris before journeying to Normandy to stay in Madame Brossard’s inn, Les Trois Pigeons, he had last visited as a student. There, he has great hopes for painting some inspiring landscapes. There are two other guests, the renowned psychologist, Professor Keredec and an unusual young man, Oliver Saffren.
We learn little about Madame Brossard, apart from the fact that she is a fine-looking woman with a fine manner, but the porter-cum-maître d’hôtel, Amedee, is a delightful character, a white-haired, fat old fellow whose boundless exuberance is wonderful to behold. He is not, however, exuberant about food. No, no, that is far too important and requires soberness and solemnity in the choosing of one’s meal, carefully guided by Amedee, himself, so one’s dinner is eventually what Amedee considers one should eat.
To the narrator’s annoyance, he finds out from Amedee that his friend, George Ward, has leased the nearby Chateau de Quesnay, and that his sister, Miss Elizabeth, is with him, but both are away for a while, leaving a guest in charge of the house. This suits the narrator, who wants to paint, and paint without distractions. Several weeks later, three more people arrive at the inn, one of them an American, a young, foxy man by the name of “Oil Poicy” (translation - Earl Percy) and as his speech is written, I am flummoxed as to what part of America he comes from. His raiment is breath-taking in its colour, pattern, and style, and it is obvious that Mr Oil Poicy is no shrinking violet.
I have said all I can say without giving away the plot, and I realise that I have really only described a few people, but it is for the narrator to tell you the story himself. Originally published in serial form from late 1907 to early 1908, this novel is an intriguing one, with splendid characters and a very good plot. It is extremely well-written as all Tarkington’s books are, with his grasp of language and how it should be used. I suppose I could say it is, essentially, a story about love. Another Tarkington novel I can recommend.
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