The Blanchard, Amy Ella 1856-1926 creator Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse) 1857-1931 text utu 2025 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Release date is 2025-07-13 Carol 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.) Originally published: Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1910 Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Americans -- Spain -- Fiction Spain -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Vacations -- Fiction PS Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1910 10014648 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435017726456&view=1up&seq=9 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76495 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435017726456&view=1up&seq=9 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76495 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134754.0 76495