ULA MCLAI

PA N

THE
PARIS
WIFE
BOOK REPORT
SYNOPSIS
THE PARIS WIFE
 SYNOPSIS
Chicago, 1920 : Hadley Richardson is
a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who
has all but given up on love and
happiness--until she meets the pair
set sail for Paris, where they became
the golden couple in a lively and
volatile group -- the fabled "Last
Generation" -- that includes
Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F.
Scott Fitzgerald.
 SYNOPSIS
Though deeply in love, the Hemingways
are ill prepared for the hard-drinking, fast
living, and free-loving life of jazz age Paris.
As Ernest struggles to find the voice that
will earn him a place in history and pours
himself into the novel that will become
The Sun Also Rises, Hadley strives to hold
on to her sense of self as her roles as
wife, friend, and muse become more
challenging . Eventually, they find
themselves facing the ultimate crisis of
their marriage -- a deception that will lead
to the unraveling of everything they've
fought so hard for.
 AUTHOR'S
BIOGRAPHY
THE PARIS WIFE
 AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Paula McLain is the author of the novels
"Circling the Sun", "The Paris Wife", and
"A Ticket to Ride", the memoir "Like
Family: Growing Up in Other People's
Houses" and two collections of poetry.
She has received fellowships from
Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the
National Endowment for the Arts. She
lives in Cleveland with her family.
 AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Paula McLain was born in 1965 in Fresno,
California. Her mother vanished when she
was four, and her father was in and out of
jail, leaving McLain and her sisters (one
older, one younger) moving in and out of
various foster homes for the next fourteen
years. An ordeal described "with a
dispassionate grace that puts a human face,
actually three human faces, on the alarming
statistics" in her memoir, "Like Family:
Growing Up in Other People's Houses".
 AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY
When she aged out of the system, she
supported herself by working in various
jobs before discovering she could write.
She received an MFA in poetry from the
University of Michigan and has been a
resident of Yaddo, and MacDowell Colony
as well as the recipient of fellowships from
the Ohio Arts Council and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
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SETTINGS
 CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS
Hadley met Ernest in Chicago at a friend's
apartment. The friend she was visiting
warned her not to get mixed up with
Ernest-- he was a womanizer.
ST. LOUIS,
MISSOURI
Hadley was born and raised in St. Louis, MO.
Her father had established the St. Louis
Public Library system and the Richardson
Pharmacy Company which was the largest
pharmaceutical company in the midwest.
 MILAN, ITALY
Near the end of World War I, eighteen-year-old
Ernest was an ambulance driver in Italy. He
was shot in Fossalta and was taken by train to a
hospital in Milan. He fell in love with Agnes, a
nurse and wanted to marry her. PARIS,
FRANCE
During most of the five years that Ernest
and Hadley were married, they lived in
Paris, France. Many young artists and
writers lived and worked their during the
1920s looking for fortune.
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CHARACTERS
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HADLEY RICHARDSON
Hadley Richardson is the main character in "The Paris
Wife". The "character" is actually based on the real
person, Hadley Richardson, who was married to Ernest
Hemingway between 1921 and 1927. During the marriage,
they lived most of the time in Paris, France, which in the
1920s was the place for American artists and writers to be
hone their skills, to be seen, and to produce their works.
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Ernest is a Nobel Prize winner, short-story writer, and
journalist. Hadley Richardson is the first of his four wives.
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KATE
Kate is Hadley's old friend. As it turns out, Kate and Ernest
used to be in love when they were teenagers.

FLORENCE RICHARDSON
Florence Richardson is Hadley's mother. Though Hadley
loves her mother, she admits that their relationship is
strained.
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HADLEY'S SIBLINGS
Dorothea, Fonnie, and Jamie are Hadley's siblings.

BUMBY
Bumby (Jack Hemingway) is. a son of Hadley and Ernest.
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VOCABULARY
WORDS
 VOCABULARY WORDS

PROLOGUE (PAGE XI) CHAPTER 2 (PAGE 5)

2ND PARAGRAPH (3RD LINE) 1ST PARAGRAPH (4TH LINE)

"He was slurring now and his face "She sang with a trembling voice that told
contorted with feeling". you she knew things about love".

1. ) SLURRING 3.) TREMBLING

a. ) verb (SLUR) / slər / gerund or present a. ) /tremb(a)ling/ adjective (tremble)
participle : slurring. b. ) shaking or quivering, typically as a result of
b. ) Indistinct and difficult to hear or understand anxiety, excitement, or frailty
similar : mumble. c. ) similar: quivering, shuddering
2. ) CONTORTED
a. ) /kənˈtôrdad/ adjective (contort)
b. ) twisted or bent out of the normal shape.
similar: distort
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CHAPTER 2 (PAGE 7) CHAPTER 3 (PAGE 10)

2ND PARAGRAPH (3RD LINE) 3RD PARAGRAPH (2ND LINE)

"She grimaced and passed it over". "He came over to join me at the table,
turning his chair around to straddle it."
4.) GRIMACED
a. ) verb past participle: grimaced (grimace)
5.) STRADDLE
b. ) to make an expression of pain, strong dislike,
a. ) /ˈstrad(ə)l/ verb
etc. in which the face twist in an ugly way.
b. ) sit or stand with one leg on either side of.
c. ) similar: scowl, frawn.
c. ) similar: sit/stand astride.
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CHAPTER 2 (PAGE 7) CHAPTER 3 (PAGE 11)

1ST PARAGRAPH (10TH LINE) 1ST PARAGRAPH (4TH LINE)

"But now that he was surrounded by "Hot, I said, and he grinned a grin that
vivacious women, my confidence was began in his eyes and went everywhere at
waning." once. "

6.) VIVACIOUS 7.) GRINNED

a. ) adjective /vəˈvāSHəs,vīˈvāSHəs/ a. ) verb /grin/ past participle: grinned
b. ) ATTRACTIVELY. Likely and animated b. ) smile broadly, grimace grotesquely so as to
(typically used of a woman). reveal the teeth.
c. ) similar: effervescent, high spirited. c. ) similar: smile.
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CHAPTER 3 (PAGE 13) CHAPTER 3 (PAGE 14)

1ST PARAGRAPH (14TH LINE) 5TH PARAGRAPH (2ND LINE)

"It was surprisingly, intoxicatingly easy "His eyes beaming. "

now."
9.) BEAMING
8.) INTOXICATINGLY a. ) noun /bēm/ (beam) progressive verb: beaming.
a. ) transitive verb (intoxicating) /in'täk-sa-kat/ b. ) a ray or a shaft light
b. ) to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm c. ) similar: ray
or frenzy.
c. ) similar: excite, titillate.
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CHAPTER 3 (PAGE 15) CHAPTER 3 (PAGE 16)

3RD PARAGRAPH (4TH LINE) 4TH PARAGRAPH (4TH LINE)

"I'd never met anyone so vibrant or alive." "I think I was a little dumbstruck. "

10.) VIBRANT 11.) DUMBSTRUCK

a. ) adjective /vi-brant/ a. ) adjective /dam,strak/
b. ) pulsating with life, vigor, or activity. b. ) so shocked or surprise as to be unable to
c. ) similar: thriving speak.
c. ) similar: amazed, astonished.
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CHAPTER 3 (PAGE 18) CHAPTER 3 (PAGE 18)

1ST PARAGRAPH (4TH LINE) 4TH PARAGRAPH (5TH LINE)

"And that had been awful enough to make "I played terribly that day, distracted by my
me doubt men and myself for a goal." own swooning. "

12.) AWFUL 13.) SWOONING

a. ) /ˈôf(ə)l/ adjective a. ) verb / swōōn/ (swoon) gerund or present
b. ) used to emphasize the extent of something, participle: swooning
especially something unpleasant or negative. b. ) faint from extreme emotion
c. ) similar: disgusting c. ) similar: blackout
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CHAPTER 3 (PAGE 19) CHAPTER 3 (PAGE 21)

1ST PARAGRAPH (15TH LINE) 1ST PARAGRAPH (3RD LINE)

"That place where hope got itself snagged "It was kind of euphoria. "
and swallowed over and over."
15.) EUPHORIA
14.) SNAGGED a. ) noun /yo͞ oˈfôrēə/
a. ) verb /snag/ past participle: snagged (snag) b. ) a feeling or state of intense excitement and
b. ) catch or tear (something) on a projection happiness.
c. ) similar: tear c. ) similar: happiness, elation
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CHAPTER 4 (PAGE 23) CHAPTER 4 (PAGE 23)

1ST PARAGRAPH (7TH LINE) 1ST PARAGRAPH (10TH LINE)

"But they looked like opulent neoclassical "Enormous man-made waterfalls. "
palaces."
17.) ENORMOUS
16.) OPULENT a. ) adjective /inôrmas/
a. ) adjective /ˈäpyəl(ə)nt,ˈōpyəl(ə)nt/ b. ) very large in size, quantity, or extent.
b. ) ontentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish. c. ) similar: huge, yast
c. ) similar: wealthy, rich
1ST PARAGRAPH (13TH LINE)
"Games and food stalls enthralled the
passersby. "
18.) ENTHRALLED
a. ) a verb (en thrall) past participle: enthralled
b. ) capture the fascinated attention of.
c. ) similar: captivate
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CHAPTER 4 (PAGE 24) CHAPTER 4 (PAGE 25)

1ST PARAGRAPH (11TH LINE) 2ND PARAGRAPH (7TH LINE)

"Hear the braying from barns."
19.) BRAYING
a. ) gerund or present pariciple: braying (bray)
/brā/
b. ) (of a person) speak or laugh loudly and
harshly.
c. ) similar: roar, trumpet
"She was obedient and bendable and good
in a way mother could easily understand
and praise. "
20.) OBEDIENT
a. ) complying or willing to comply with orders or
request ; submissive to another's will.
b. ) similar: compliant, acquiescent
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PLOT
ANALYSIS
 October 1920, Hadley Richardson and Ernest Hemingway meet at a party
thrown by Kate Smith AKA Kate Stut, who had a large apartment. Kate is their
mutual friend, she have have brother--Kenley and Bill (the youngest of Smith
clan). While at the party, Hadley is instantly captivated by Ernest who is seven
years younger than her. Ernest is one of the friend who occupied the rented
rooms. Kate refuses to introduce them, because she have feelings with Ernest
or implying that she has a past with Ernest--but she will not tell Hadley the
details. After another chance of meeting, Ernest confessed his feelings for
Hadley, until they began writing letter frequently for each other.
 Ernest is open about his family situation, telling Hadley that he is close to his
father, but dislikes his domineering mother. Hadley does not talk about her own
past in her letters, instead revealing her story in a series of flashback. She has
recently lost her sister Dorothea to a gruesome accident. Dorothea died after
that fire incident. Her father died early when she was young. Hadley's
grandfather (father side) founded the St. Louis Public Library and the
Richardson Drug Company, which became the largest pharmaceutical house
west of the Mississippi. While her mother's father was a teacher who started
the Hillsboro Academy in Illinois, and later a private high school in St. Louis
called the City University, until her mother died to a lingering illness. In
addition, she has a poor relationship with her surviving sister, Fonnie, who
resents Hadley and hopes she never finds romantic fulfillment. Hadley suffers
lingering trauma from an acciedent in which she was involved when she was a
child. She has nervous spells and psychological issues.
Ernest takes a writing assignment in Rome and invites Hadley to travel with him
there while posing as his wife. Though both her friends and Ernest's tell them
that they are rushing their courtship, Hadley took the chance. Just a few months
after meeting each other, Hadley and Ernest decided to get married. Kate
admits that she was in love with Ernest and is jealous of his relationship with
Hadley. Kate and Hadley began to reconcile their relationship.

After the wedding, Hadley and Ernest bought a small apartment in Chicago.
They frequently struggle with money as Ernest's writing is rejected more often
than it is accepted. Ernest has served World Ward I and PTSO from his time as
an ambulance driver beginng to manifest in the form of flashbacks and mood
swings. A local writer, Sherwood Anderson recommends that Ernest should go
to Paris and write letters of introduction to Elra Pound, Janies Joyce, and
Gertrude Stein.
 In 1921, Ernest and Hadley left for Paris. Hadley was homesick and unhappy. She
does not see Ernest often as he is frequently entrenched in his writing. However,
she soon made friends with Dorothy Pound and began to be accepted into artistic
society. With the help from his Paris connections, Ernest's star began to rise. He
got frequent on reporting work as a foreign correspondent, and him and Hadley
were able to travel around Europe. However, Hadley still feels like an outsider
around Ernest and his creative friends.

Hadley accidentally lost all of Ernest's manuscripts and soon after pregnant, this
made a stain on their relationship until Gertrude Stein helps smooth the matter
over. Ernest and Hadley took a trip to Spain to warm the running of the bulls, and
Ernest is more confident about the upcoming changes to their family they
suffered through a period of financial difficulty. But things started to look up after
the baby was born. Hadley is no longer lonely, and Ernest's fiction writing career
begins to take off.
 At a party of creative types in Paris, Hadley's friend Kitty told her that she will be
leaving Paris. Hadley is upset, but Ernest refuses to take her home. She realizes
that he resents her and the baby, because they caused him to lose focus from his
career. He is also paying attention to other women and seems to. belosing touch
with his old friends.

Soon, Hemingway began seeing a woman named Duff. During a trip to Spain, their
relationship became an open secret. But Hadley decided to stay with Ernest,
because her family life is relatively comfortable. However, the situation eventually
became too much to ignore and Hadley returns to Paris, cutting their vacation
short. Ernest joins her soon after he finished the novel he was working on.
 However, Hadley and Ernest began spending an increasing amount of time apart.
Ernest is often away for business, while Hadley spends time with cosmopolitan
friends from Paris. Ernest met one of Hadley's closest friends, Pauline. The two
began falling for each other and started a secret affair. Hadley is devastated when
she found out. Pauline presses Ernest to leave Hadley and marry her, and this led
Ernest into a deep depression.

Finally, Hadley proposes that Ernest and Pauline do not see each other for one
hundred days. If Ernest is still in love with Pauline at the end of that time, he and
Hadley shall divorce. After Pauline leaves, Ernest will move back in with Hadley
and begin living as husband and wife again. However, Ernest cannot get over
Pauline. Hadley granted him a divorce, the epilogue revealed that Hadley's second
marriage is a happy and successful one, while Ernest goes on to marry several
other women and divorce them all before ultimately ending his own life.

SOURCE: supersummary.com
 However, Hadley and Ernest began spending an increasing amount of time apart.
Ernest is often away for business, while Hadley spends time with cosmopolitan
friends from Paris. Ernest met one of Hadley's closest friends, Pauline. The two
began falling for each other and started a secret affair. Hadley is devastated when
she found out. Pauline presses Ernest to leave Hadley and marry her, and this led
Ernest into a deep depression.

Finally, Hadley proposes that Ernest and Pauline do not see each other for one
hundred days. If Ernest is still in love with Pauline at the end of that time, he and
Hadley shall divorce. After Pauline leaves, Ernest will move back in with Hadley
and begin living as husband and wife again. However, Ernest cannot get over
Pauline. Hadley granted him a divorce, the epilogue revealed that Hadley's second
marriage is a happy and successful one, while Ernest goes on to marry several
other women and divorce them all before ultimately ending his own life.

SOURCE: supersummary.com
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CHARACTER
ANALYSIS
 HADLEY RICHARDSON
Hadley Richardson was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father established the
St. Louis Library system and founded Richardson Pharmacy Company which
became the most successful pharmaceutical company in the Midwest at the
time. Despite his stature and success, Hadley's father committed suicide when
she was a young girl. Her mother died some years later, leaving the 28-year-old
single woman in a dreary situation with her mean-spirited older sister and her
husband who had taken over the family home.
 HADLEY RICHARDSON
Hadley is older when she meets Ernest, but there is no indication that she is
more mature. In fact, Ernest's charming and out-going personality often leaves
Hadley feeling like an outcast, a tolerable person that doesn't quite fit in. In this
way, the story offers the reader an opportunity to look past the glitz and
glamour of Ernest's character, and to look into the person Ernest failed to see.
 ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Ernest Hemingway was a brilliant writer with a larger-than-life personality. He
was a hard-drinking, macho guy who loved bullfighting and big-game hunting.
He is less familiar as a young man in love. The object of the 20-year-old
Hemingway's affections was Hadley Richardson, a pretty but unglamorous
Midwesterner who was eight years his senior.
 ERNEST HEMINGWAY
It was Hadley who shared Ernest's years as a poor, still-unknown writer in Paris.
Ernest was married four times, and Pfeiffer became his second wife. Yet he seemed
to have a great affection for Hadley until the end of his life. Neither of them ever
seemed to forget what it was to be young and in love in the beautiful Paris.
MORAL LESSON OF THE STORY
"Selecting an unfaithful lover is not a god idea"
Don't settle for less
SYMBOLS
PARTY
After a party full of mess that
needed to be clean.
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LIKES
&
DISLIKES
 LIKES DISLIKES

HADLEY RICHARDSON HADLEY RICHARDSON

She is a strong woman. Even though She is a tolerable woman. She
she suffers from her part, she is still tolerated the affair of her husband
able to manage her life towards a and did not do anything for the sake
brighter future. of her family and her son.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY ERNEST HEMINGWAY

He is a good writer. He served the He is an unfaithful husband who
military for his country during the cheated on her wife Hadley.
World War I as an ambulance driver. He committed suicide and did not
acknowledge the value of life.
 LIKES DISLIKES

KATE SMITH KATE SMITH

She was a good friend when they She broke her friendship with
were young. Hadley because of a guy.

PAULINE PAULINE
She became a part of Hadley's life as She betrayed her friend Hadley and
one good friend. chose to have an affair with her
husband Ernest.
CONCLUSION
Hadley was able to find happiness with
someone else, but never forgets her
time with Ernest Hemingway. Ernest
married three more time after his
divorce with Hadley. He had issues with
depression and this affected his
relationships. This series of difficulties,
arguably, led him to end his own life.
Hadley is sad that his demons finally
caught up to him and hopes that he is
now at peace.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
AND DEDICATION
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to express our gratitude to
ourselves. With great resilience and patience, we
were able to finish the task given to us. We believe
that we have achieved collaboration.
Because of our teamwork, we managed to finish all
the tasks neatly together and were able to complete
them all on time. We would also like to thank the
author, Paula McLain, for writing "The Paris Wife".
Because of this book, we learned a lot of lessons
from the characters in the story. In addition, we also
thank our English subject teacher, who has guided
us throughout the whole process of making this
book report.
 DEDICATION
We dedicate this book to people who are going
through difficult periods in their lives as well as to
those who have been harmed by love.

This book served as our inspiration to complete our

book report and be prepared to show it all to you.

THE PARIS WIFE, by Paula McLain

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