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Dinner at Antoine's

Frances Parkinson Keyes

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Description:Orson Foxworth, the daring, unscrupulous president of the Great Blue Fleet, celebrates his return to New Orleans, after a long absence in Central America, by giving a dinner in the unique 1840 Room at Antoine's world famous restaurant. This dinner is ostensibly planned to present his charming niece, Ruth Avery, who has come from Washington for the Carnival festivities, to his friends in Louisiana, and to assure for her the romance which has hitherto eluded her; but it also serves as a springboard from which to renew Foxworth's own courtship of the beautiful widow, Amelie Lalande. At the dinner Amelie's daughter, Odile, spills a glass of red wine down the front of her white dress; and though the incident is passed off lightly, it is trafically recalled thirty hours later when Odile is found dead in her bedroom, with a strange pistol and an ambiguous note on the floor beside her.The first evidence points to suicide, but this verdict is challenged by Captain Theophile Murphy of the NEw Orleans police force. He insists that Odile has been murdered and that the ambiguous note is a clever forgery. His efforts to verify his suspicions become part of the pattern of an exciting tale.But for all its swift action, DINNER AT ANTOINE'S contains all the other elements which have won for Frances Parkinson Keyes her millions of readers and her unique position of "Story-teller to the World." This novel, like her others, is full-bodied and full-flavored. The setting is presented with a wealth of detail. Creole cookery; camellia culture; the habits of trappers who earn more than a Cabinet officer; the quaint customs surrounding the celebration of Twelfth Night; the graciousness of the Lousiana scene, with the historical significance of both -- all these come in for their share of attention. And against this rich background, the various characters develop convincingly, delightfully, and at ties most touchingly. Odile is an appealing as well as a tragic heroine; Caresse excites first censure, then pity and finally admiration; Ruth finds her elusive romance and though Alemie fails to learn a lesson in love Clarinda teaches one. he men are no less challenging. Foxworth, with all his faults, discovers that archaeology does not provide the only answer to his search for fulfillment, and Sabin Duplessis that he is less of a one-woman man than he believed. Moving among them all is the shrewd, tolerant writer, Joe Racina, who knows less about crime than his friend "Toe" Murphy but more about human beings; and, at the most crucial moment, the Assistant Secretary of State, Richard Huntington -- gentle, unassuming and idealisting o a degree that seems at first ipractical -- appears as a deus ex machine.Countless readers who have eagerly awaited the "new Keyes' book" will turn the pages of ANTOINE'S with fascination as well as amazement at this new evidence of Mrs. Keyes' manifold power to create enchantment.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dinner at Antoine's. To get started finding Dinner at Antoine's, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Orson Foxworth, the daring, unscrupulous president of the Great Blue Fleet, celebrates his return to New Orleans, after a long absence in Central America, by giving a dinner in the unique 1840 Room at Antoine's world famous restaurant. This dinner is ostensibly planned to present his charming niece, Ruth Avery, who has come from Washington for the Carnival festivities, to his friends in Louisiana, and to assure for her the romance which has hitherto eluded her; but it also serves as a springboard from which to renew Foxworth's own courtship of the beautiful widow, Amelie Lalande. At the dinner Amelie's daughter, Odile, spills a glass of red wine down the front of her white dress; and though the incident is passed off lightly, it is trafically recalled thirty hours later when Odile is found dead in her bedroom, with a strange pistol and an ambiguous note on the floor beside her.The first evidence points to suicide, but this verdict is challenged by Captain Theophile Murphy of the NEw Orleans police force. He insists that Odile has been murdered and that the ambiguous note is a clever forgery. His efforts to verify his suspicions become part of the pattern of an exciting tale.But for all its swift action, DINNER AT ANTOINE'S contains all the other elements which have won for Frances Parkinson Keyes her millions of readers and her unique position of "Story-teller to the World." This novel, like her others, is full-bodied and full-flavored. The setting is presented with a wealth of detail. Creole cookery; camellia culture; the habits of trappers who earn more than a Cabinet officer; the quaint customs surrounding the celebration of Twelfth Night; the graciousness of the Lousiana scene, with the historical significance of both -- all these come in for their share of attention. And against this rich background, the various characters develop convincingly, delightfully, and at ties most touchingly. Odile is an appealing as well as a tragic heroine; Caresse excites first censure, then pity and finally admiration; Ruth finds her elusive romance and though Alemie fails to learn a lesson in love Clarinda teaches one. he men are no less challenging. Foxworth, with all his faults, discovers that archaeology does not provide the only answer to his search for fulfillment, and Sabin Duplessis that he is less of a one-woman man than he believed. Moving among them all is the shrewd, tolerant writer, Joe Racina, who knows less about crime than his friend "Toe" Murphy but more about human beings; and, at the most crucial moment, the Assistant Secretary of State, Richard Huntington -- gentle, unassuming and idealisting o a degree that seems at first ipractical -- appears as a deus ex machine.Countless readers who have eagerly awaited the "new Keyes' book" will turn the pages of ANTOINE'S with fascination as well as amazement at this new evidence of Mrs. Keyes' manifold power to create enchantment.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dinner at Antoine's. To get started finding Dinner at Antoine's, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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