L'homme à l'Hispano : roman by Pierre Frondaie
"L'homme à l'Hispano" by Pierre Frondaie is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set on the Basque coast, it follows the war-scarred yet penniless Georges Dewalter, mistaken for a magnate when he arrives in a sumptuous Hispano-Suiza, and the luminous Stéphane, heiress married to the cynical English baronet Sir William Meredith Oswill. It promises a tense romance of desire, disguise, and class, where speed and luxury collide with skepticism and
fate. The opening of the novel tracks the dazzling car across the Landes to Biarritz, then shifts to a Saint-Jean-de-Luz tea shop where Miss Redge witnesses the wordless spark between Dewalter and Stéphane, last of the proud Coulevaï. We learn how they met days earlier, how their silent attraction deepened, and how Dewalter—about to emigrate to Senegal—ended up in the Hispano on loan through Deléone’s ruse. In contrast, a vivid portrait of Oswill emerges: an eccentric, cruel experimenter who derides love and plots a sudden trip to Morocco. When Oswill chances upon Dewalter, the younger man admits his poverty and accidental masquerade even as he’s falling for Stéphane. That night, after Stéphane defies her husband and plans a secret day together, the scene moves to the glittering Réserve at Ciboure, where, as the crowd thins and the sea hushes, the two lovers sit apart—until he takes her hands and kisses them, and the chapter breaks. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Frondaie, Pierre, 1884-1948 |
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| Title | L'homme à l'Hispano : roman |
| Original Publication | Paris :Éditions Émile-Paul frères, 1925. |
| Credits | Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78101 |
| Release Date | Mar 3, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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