"........ at times I almost dream
I too have spent a life the sages' way,
And tread once more familiar paths. Perchance
I perished in an arrogant self-reliance
Ages ago; and in that act, a prayer
For one more chance went up so earnest, so
Instinct with better light let in by death,
That life was blotted out - not so completely
But scattered wrecks enough of it remain,
Dim memories, as now, when once more seems
The goal in sight again"
What does this quote mean?
To find out, you need to know Andi’s story and Alexandrine’s story.
Andi is grieving the death of her younger brother, Truman.
Her mother is in a psychiatric ward and Andi is in Paris with her father.
They are in Paris because her father will have to find out if a heart that has been found in a glass jar is indeed the heart of Louis-Charles, son of Louis XVI & Marie-Antoinette.
Alexandrine, an actress during the French Revolution, just wants to protect and comfort Louis-Charles.
How do Andi and Alexandrine’s stories intersect?
To find out, read Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly.
