Summary of Bette Davis's The Lonely Life

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I have always been driven by some distant music. I was going to conquer the world. When the war was won, I knew the triumph of standing victorious over my own dead body, for there among the vanquished, I found a woman lying at my feet.
#2 I have always been a nester, and I have always had a nest to which I could retreat. I was never able to share my rapture with a mate, because they would always be exhausted by it.
#3 I am a Queen, with all the prerogatives of that station. I have survived the last ten years, and I can survive anything. I am living alone for the first time.

Sujets

• Lettres et linguistique
• Rich & Famous
• Biography
• Famous
• Rich
• Autobiography

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 22 septembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350030631
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Bette Davis's The Lonely Life
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14 Insights from Chapter 15 Insights from Chapter 16 Insights from Chapter 17 Insights from Chapter 18 Insights from Chapter 19 Insights from Chapter 20 Insights from Chapter 21 Insights from Chapter 22 Insights from Chapter 23 Insights from Chapter 24 Insights from Chapter 25
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I have always been driven by some distant music. I was going to conquer the world. When the war was won, I knew the triumph of standing victorious over my own dead body, for there among the vanquished, I found a woman lying at my feet.

#2

I have always been a nester, and I have always had a nest to which I could retreat. I was never able to share my rapture with a mate, because they would always be exhausted by it.

#3

I am a Queen, with all the prerogatives of that station. I have survived the last ten years, and I can survive anything. I am living alone for the first time.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The Davises and the Keyeses, two families that came to America in the same year, were both dedicated to the Victorian concept of decorous accomplishment. They were both blood-proud and deeply religious, and they saw themselves as a bridge between two generations of a royal line.

#2

Grandmother Favor’s house on Chester Street in Lowell was a maple-shaded palace. She had no objection to ambition, as she was a Yankee Sovereign. Mother studied elocution and dramatics with Miss Porter in Lowell. She was a sensitive tomboy who, on summer vacations, wore Uncle Paul’s clothes and insisted on being called Fred.

#3

I was an ingratiating infant. I toiled not, spun not, but neither did I cry. I was a minimum of trouble. I was trying. I was wreathed in smiles, a picture of amiability, and I looked around my world in constant wonder.

#4

I had a difficult time with my father, who was extremely unamiable and preoccupied. He was a generous gift giver, but he lived in his own world. He was the inventor of the happiest day of the year, Christmas.

#5

I had a happy childhood, but I was always happiest when I was outdoors and wandering through the woods. I was always fascinated by the stars, and my father would always tell me how unimportant I was.

#6

When I was seven, my family went to dinner at the Copley Plaza in Boston. Father was seeing us off at the railway station, and we would no longer live with him. Mother and I would go to a boarding school, since she would be working all the time.

#7

I had been told not to go near the tree, but my curiosity got the better of me and I tried to find my presents. I had been told not to touch the tree, but I wanted to find my presents. I was wrapped in a rug, and everyone was relieved when I opened my eyes.

#8

I returned to Crestalban, and was soon back in school. I learned that fame can be short-lived. I learned that resting on my laurels was a fool’s game. I was enrolled in P. S. 186, a big, brown fortress-like school.

#9

I eventually adjusted to life in New York, and I even enjoyed going to school there. I became the most dedicated Girl Scout that ever lived. I would have tripped an old lady to pick her up if I had to.

#10

I was a golden eaglet in Manhattan, and I was a patrol leader. I worked my patrol like a top sergeant. I was bored in East Orange, and I tried to bring excitement into my life by conjuring earthquakes and floods.

#11

I was a high-spirited race horse, and I needed a free rein. I was not always the most agreeable of daughters. I was imitating Ruthie by interrupting every few words with a giggle. Our performance ended when I exploded, I’m not like that.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

I was entered immediately into the high school in Newton. I had the great good fortune on the first day to hit a home run at baseball practice. I was immediately rushed by one and all, to be part of their gang. I had no experience with girls, and was terrified of boys.

#2

I had a very active social life in Newton, and I was always going to dances, hockey games, and sleigh rides.