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The Apple Tree, by John Galsworthy.
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Here Galsworthy is back with beauty of nature, this time weaving it into the story of young love that's told in a flashback as a man is startled when he recalls being at the spot he's resting at, on his silver wedding anniversary. It's a typical tale of a city youth of upper strata who happens on a farmhouse and falls in love with the innocent rustic young beauty, but when he goes to put his promise in action, meets people of his own set and realises he'd never marry his first love.
Galsworthy goes at length in his thoughts, emotions and wavering, his questioning and berating himself, before acting.
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May 29, 2021 - May 30, 2021.
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