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HTML: Is there something about aesthetic beauty that can soothe the soul of even the most troubled individual? That's the question at the center of Booth Tarkington's eminently entertaining short novel The Beautiful Lady. In the story, a down-on-his-luck Italian who is barely scraping by in Paris has his whole life turned upside down by a chance encounter with the enchanting temptress referred to in the book's title. .No library descriptions found. |
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What resulted is an amusing tale. The protagonist of the story is Ansolini, a young man from Naples who has run through his funds and is desperate for money. Soon after the café incident, he is offered a position acting as an escort and tutor for Rufus Poor, the son of a wealthy man. Ansolini is wholly unsuited to the responsibility, and easily manipulated by Rufus into accompanying him on wild evenings of drink and gambling. In the course of their adventures, Ansolini saves the “beautiful lady” of the story from a rascally fortune- hunter and helps Rufus win her favors. The plot entails love triangles and social intrigue, and the tone is light- hearted.
As Tarkington’s biographer notes, “The Beautiful Lady” is “a minor but diverting work.” It will mainly be of interest to readers seeking the author’s early works, from before he gained fame for his fictional portrayals of the Midwestern US in the early decades of the 20th century. ( )