Summary 3
1. While living in Paris, the
narrator went on dining with Strickland and visiting the couple of Stroeve at
their home almost every day. 2. Dirk, still a friend of Charles and a great
admirer of his paintings, couldn’t bear Strickland’s rude and careless
treatment of him, at the same time being attracted by the artist’s solid force.
3. Once, after some argument, Stroeve sought for the painter to reconcile with
him again and to ask the man to spend Christmas together; but no one had seen Strickland
for two or three weeks. 4. Having heard that he was ill, both Dirk and the
narrator started questioning his acquaintances and finally found him in a
shabby room almost near to death. 5. It was decided to move him to the Stroeve’s
house, despite Blanche’s desperate protests. 6. Finally Strickland was settled
in, and the woman, to the narrator’s amazement, did all her best taking care of
him. 7. Moreover, after the artist had got much better, Blanche unexpectedly left
her husband for Charles. 8. Astonished and depressed, Dirk tried several times
to persuade her to come back, but she had made up her mind already.
Good!
ReplyDelete1. While living in Paris, the narrator went dining with Strickland and visited the couple of Stroeve at their home almost every day.
4. Having heard that he was ill, both Dirk and the narrator started questioning his acquaintances and finally found him in a shabby room close to death.
5. It was decided to move him to Stroeve’s house, despite Blanche’s desperate protests.