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Rupert Hughes

What Will People Say

Name: What Will People Say
Brand: Polyglot Publishing
SKU: 0fb0af4a-11ae-0f2c-2806-3a487d33f8c5-cs-en
Price: 74.99 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Rupert Hughes

Original publication: 1914
Bilingual edition: June 12, 2026
Pages: 911
Difficulty: ★★☆
Genres: Romance, Philosophy
Translated from: English

Book summary

In New York around 1913, Harvey Forbes, a young American lieutenant with no fortune, comes home from the Philippines and meets Persis Cabot, a rich and very beautiful young woman, at the theatre. Everyone around her already sees her married to Willie Enslee, the richest man in her circle, whom she does not love. Yet Persis, thought incapable of love, finds herself drawn to this officer who lives on his pay alone. Among luxury cars, evenings at the theatre and fashionable dances, everyone watches and judges everyone else. Rupert Hughes portrays a society in which one question decides everything: what will people say?

The plot

A poor officer among the rich. Harvey Forbes, an American officer, returns to New York after years in the Philippines. There he meets Persis Cabot, rich and very beautiful.

The world of the book

The New York of the rich, around 1913. The novel is set in New York, among the city’s wealthiest families. On Fifth Avenue, luxury automobiles have replaced horse-drawn carriages. In the evening, people go to the…

The author

Writer, musician and soldier. Rupert Hughes grew up on the banks of the Mississippi, then moved to New York. There he worked as a journalist, wrote about music and composed songs. In 1911, one of his comedies was among…

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