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Edith Nesbit
The Incomplete Amorist. Book 1. The Girl
In the first book of Edith Nesbit’s "The Incomplete Amorist," we are introduced to the young, beautiful, and romantic Eustacia Desmond, who lives a sheltered and rather dull life with her strict aunt in the English countryside. Longing for adventure, art, and passion—the things she has only read about in books—she feels destined for a grander existence. Her life changes during a visit to Paris, the epicenter of art and bohemian life. Here, she meets two very different men who will shape her future. The first is Robert Vernon, a solid, kind, and respectable English painter who represents the safe and conventional path. The second is the charming, witty, and cynical French painter, Gerald D’Arcy, who embodies the thrilling world of artistic passion and romantic intrigue that she so desperately craves. Naive and impressionable, Eustacia, or "Stella" as she is sometimes called, is quickly drawn to Gerald’s flattering attention and his world. Edith Nesbit establishes the central conflict of the series: a young woman’s journey from girlish fantasy to mature understanding, torn between the allure of a exciting but potentially superficial romance and the quieter, more genuine affections of a dependable man. This book sets the stage for a comedy of manners and errors, exploring the perils of inexperience and the dangerous allure of the "incomplete amorist."
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