Summary
Valerie West, a striking artist’s model, is swept into a passionate affair with the affluent painter Louis Neville. Yet the Neville lineage, steeped in aristocratic tradition, deems their liaison improper, coercing Valerie to vow never to marry him. Undeterred, she counters by declaring that she will assume the mantle of Louis’s common‑law wife on a specified summer date. The narrative spirals into a series of misunderstandings, societal pressures, and moral quandaries as both protagonists grapple with love, honor, and the rigid expectations of a society on the cusp of modernity.
Synopsis
Valerie West, a beautiful artist's model, falls for wealthy artist Louis Neville. However, his aristocratic family doesn't approve of the relationship and persuades Valerie to promise that she won't marry him. She does, however, tell Louis that she will become his common-law wife on a certain date the following summer. Complications ensue.
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