03066cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000360012624500180016226400510018030000470023133600260027833700260030433800360033050000310036650801890039752017430058653400620232965300390239165300340243065300480246465300250251270000470253785600770258485600430266176495UtSlPG20260610134754.0mcr n260607r20251910utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a10014648  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aBlanchard, Amy Ella,d1856-192614aThe glad lady 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-07-13  aCarol Brown, Aaron Adrignola and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)  a"The glad lady" by Amy Ella Blanchard is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set in northern Spain, it follows spirited American Patience “Patty” Blake, her sister Doña Martina, and their Spanish family and friends as they spend a summer in Asturias. Through fiestas, village customs, seaside rambles, and visits to ancient houses, the tale mixes travel color, gentle romance, and cross‑cultural comedy—especially around Patty’s flirtatious banter with Don Tomás and a homesick American engineer, Robert Lisle. It promises a warm, picturesque story of manners, friendship, and light-hearted intrigue rather than high drama.  At the start of the story, a small party gathers in San Sebastián: Dr. Juan Estradas and his American wife Martina, his brother Tomás, and Martina’s sister Patty with her schoolmate Paulette. Patty’s teasing charm and halting Spanish lead Tomás to dub her “the glad lady,” and the group moves on to a mountain town, where a clean but primitive inn, the lively plaza, and village routines set the scene. They visit a peasant weaver and a venerable old house, stroll to a cave-fringed beach, and lunch in style at Don Felipe’s antiquity-filled palacio, leaving with souvenir cups and later bouquets. A reserved traveler reappears as Robert Lisle, an American with Kentucky roots, who bonds with Patty over homesickness. The party then settles into the Estrada family home, and St. John’s Eve and Day bring local traditions: decking streams and the fountain with flowers, villagers bringing gifts—including a lamb from Perdita—and preparations for music and dancing as the community arrives singing a song in honor of Don Juan. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cBoston: Dana Estes & Company, 1910  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction  aAmericans -- Spain -- Fiction  aSpain -- Social life and customs -- Fiction  aVacations -- Fiction1 aBridgman, L. J.q(Lewis Jesse),d1857-19314 uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435017726456&view=1up&seq=940uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76495