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Title: The Bright Shawl

Credits: Produced by Katherine Ward and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was
produced from scanned images of public domain material
from the Google Print project.)

Summary: "The Bright Shawl" by Joseph Hergesheimer is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Howard Gage, a young man returning from World War I, and his uncle Charles Abbott, who struggles to understand the disillusionment of the younger generation in the wake of the war. Their differing worldviews and the contrasting ideologies of youth and age form the crux of the narrative, offering a critical exploration of idealism, purpose, and the emotional toll of societal change. At the start of the novel, Charles Abbott reflects on his nephew Howard, who embodies an unsettling modernity defined by his lack of ideals and feelings of bitterness toward the war and its glorification. As Abbott reminisces about his own youth in Havana, he grapples with feelings of loss not just about the past but also about the societal values that seem to have deteriorated since his time. These contemplations set the stage for the complexities of the relationships that will unfold, particularly as Abbott observes Howard’s stark reality in contrast to his memories of an idealistic and passionate youth intertwined with prominent figures like Andrés Escobar, showcasing a lost nobility in the contemporary world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Author: Hergesheimer, Joseph, 1880-1954

EBook No.: 31898

Published: Apr 6, 2010

Downloads: 163

Language: English

Subject: Cuba -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: The Bright Shawl

Credits: Produced by Katherine Ward and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was
produced from scanned images of public domain material
from the Google Print project.)

Summary: "The Bright Shawl" by Joseph Hergesheimer is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Howard Gage, a young man returning from World War I, and his uncle Charles Abbott, who struggles to understand the disillusionment of the younger generation in the wake of the war. Their differing worldviews and the contrasting ideologies of youth and age form the crux of the narrative, offering a critical exploration of idealism, purpose, and the emotional toll of societal change. At the start of the novel, Charles Abbott reflects on his nephew Howard, who embodies an unsettling modernity defined by his lack of ideals and feelings of bitterness toward the war and its glorification. As Abbott reminisces about his own youth in Havana, he grapples with feelings of loss not just about the past but also about the societal values that seem to have deteriorated since his time. These contemplations set the stage for the complexities of the relationships that will unfold, particularly as Abbott observes Howard’s stark reality in contrast to his memories of an idealistic and passionate youth intertwined with prominent figures like Andrés Escobar, showcasing a lost nobility in the contemporary world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Author: Hergesheimer, Joseph, 1880-1954

EBook No.: 31898

Published: Apr 6, 2010

Downloads: 163

Language: English

Subject: Cuba -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.