Mind the Paint Girl

by Louis Tracy

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A May Morning
24:47
The New Star
25:12
Vertigo
25:45
The Descent
24:54
In The Depths
23:36
The Plot
31:27
An Interlude
22:25
Harmonies, and Some Discords
29:34
Frivolities
32:52
Some Minor Issues
24:40
The End of the Frolic
23:06
Smoldering Ashes
24:09
Which Begin to Glow
27:25
And Ultimately Burst into Flame
29:00
The Morning After
25:16
The Settlement
29:28

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A London guard parade brings Captain Nicholas Jeyes face to face with Colonel Arthur Stidulph, whose marriage to a theater performer has affected his army career. Their conversation turns from regiments to the Pandora Theater, where they disagree about whether talent or influential connections bring an actress success. In this 1912 novel by Louis Tracy, military rank and stage celebrity share the same social world, with each carrying its own expectations and pressures.

Birthday preparations bring Lily's personal feelings into focus. She asks her maid to turn Lord Famcombe's roses into a bouquet, while elaborate supper arrangements transform the theater foyer. Clothes, flowers, family conversations and guest lists give the story its texture. Readers interested in London entertainment and the social rules surrounding performers will find a novel attentive to both public display and the private feelings behind it.

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Louis Tracy

Louis Tracy (1863-1928) was an English journalist and novelist who wrote many popular mysteries and romantic adventures, sometimes in collaboration under shared pen names.