Jacqueline — Volume 2
Th. Bentzon
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Th. Bentzon, pen name of writer Marie Therese Blanc, continues her novel in Jacqueline, Volume 2. Jacqueline de Nailles entertains friends at home while her mother holds receptions. Cousin Giselle de Monredon arrives from her convent, shy and badly dressed among the glittering circle. Jacqueline kisses her kindly and draws her toward the tea table.
Giselle, an orphan raised by a strict grandmother, sees the gay world only on great occasions. Jacqueline watches another arrival more keenly: Hubert Marien, a family friend of forty with a rare, transforming smile. Marien teased Jacqueline as a child, calling her his little wife in family joke. The joke has stopped, and something less simple has taken its place in her heart. Bentzon writes girlhood from inside, with its cruelties, loyalties, and first serious feelings. Readers in the second volume watch a heroine learning that kindness and love may point toward different duties.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Th. Bentzon |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 172 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |