"The Guest of Quesnay" by Booth Tarkington is a tale set in the bustling heart of early 20th-century Paris, following portrait painter George Ward as he moves through the city's colorful and edgy scenes. The story kicks off as Ward watches the various people that fill the Parisian streets, including Larrabee Harman, a man whose shocking lifestyle has cost him his money and good name. Ward, now a successful artist, gets pulled into the story when he spots Harman, someone he used to know, who's now living a life of excess. As the story moves forward, Ward's life becomes mixed up with Harman’s and with Mariana, a mysterious dancer, showcasing ideas about fame, ruin, and the complicated ways people connect, all set against the vibrant background of Paris.
The Guest of Quesnay
By Booth Tarkington
Amidst the intoxicating allure of Parisian life, a successful painter finds his world entangled with a disgraced acquaintance and an enigmatic dancer, leading him down a path of fame, downfall, and complex relationships.
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About the AuthorNewton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered the United States' greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film.
Newton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered the United States' greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film.
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