There, her piano skills are harshly criticized by Klesmer and Gwendolen dwells on the fact that she is seen by him as ordinary. She is invited often to parties at Quetcham Hall. Gwendolen quickly becomes the main attraction in the little society she enters.
Gascoigne however fears than one of her sons will end up falling in love with Gwendolen. Gascoigne promises her however to think about it, believing that in that way she will be able to help her niece find a suitable husband. Gascoigne tells her that they can’t afford it. Gwendolen asks her uncle for a horse but Mrs. The Gascoigne family also have two sons and one of them, Rex, was supposed to come home for Christmas. Her cousin Anna, even if she is not as beautiful as Gwendelen or as tall, she is beautiful. Gascoigne’s marriage and her mother’s marriage. Gascoigne is a clergy man and Gwendolen thinks about the differences between Mrs. While Gwendolen’s mother sees marriage as the only was a woman can be happy, Gwendolen doesn’t agree with her and thinks that she can be happy is she doesn’t get married.
They settle in at Offendene and Gwendolen and her mother start talking about marriage. Gwendolen’s step-father rarely lived with them and after his death, the family was forced to constantly move from one place to another. A few biographical elements are given about Gwendolen and her family and the reader is let to know that Gwendole’s father died when she was really young and that her mother remarried. The plot then goes back in time, during the time Gwendolen moved with her family in Offendene, in an old house. She decides not to gamble her money and return home after she receives a parcel with the necklace she pawned. Regretting that she gambled all her money, Gwendolen decides to pawn one of her necklaces and thinks about gambling once more, believing that she will be able to win and help her family. Gwendolen is a young girl who chooses to spend her time gambling and during an unlucky day, she loses her money while being watched by an English gentleman named Deronda.ĭuring the same day, Gwendolen receives a letter from her mother telling her that their family lost all their money and that she asks her daughter to return home as soon as she can. The plot starts in Germany, in an autumn in a wealthy social circle. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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