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The Place of Honeymoons

Harold MacGrath

The Place of Honeymoons

Paper book: €26.99

Digital: €10.99

Original publication
1912
Bilingual edition
12 June 2026
Pages
440
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Romance, Adventure
Moods
Fall in love, Escape it all
Translated from
English

Book summary

After two years in the Burmese jungle, Edward Courtlandt, a rich American, returns to Paris to see Nora Harrigan again. She has become a famous opera singer, performing at the Opera under an Italian name. When he forces his way in, she shoots at him and misses, then disappears, and the newspapers talk of a kidnapping.

What happened between them two years earlier? The novel reveals it little by little, between comedy and suspense, from Paris to Lake Como.

Light and full of twists, it is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

An American wants to see a singer again. In Paris, Edward Courtlandt, a wealthy American, waits for the singer Nora Harrigan outside the Opera. She turns pale when she sees him.

The world of the book

From Paris to Lake Como. The novel takes place around 1910. Opera singers are great stars at the time, and the newspapers follow their love lives. On Lake Como, in Italy, the village of Bellagio sits on a wooded point…

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