Although she is only twelve and he is thirty, Ray dreams of marrying her when she is old enough. Later, Ray Kennedy goes out to the countryside with Johnny, his wife, Thea, Axel, and Gunner. The doctor goes to Spanish Johnny who is sick. The next year Thea goes to the Kohlers for piano lessons with Wunsch and practices daily for two hours (or four hours if school is not in session). The Doctor takes care of their daughter, Thea, who is sick with pneumonia. In Moonstone, Colorado, Doctor Archie helps Mrs. Plot summary Part I: Friends of Childhood At each step along the way, her realization of the mediocrity of her peers propels her to greater levels of accomplishment, but in the course of her ascent she must discard those relationships which no longer serve her. The novel captures Thea's independent-mindedness, her strong work ethic, and her ascent to her highest achievement. Her reference for life is always her home town and the people she encountered there. In that pursuit she travels to Dresden, then to New York City, singing operas. I have not come to this decision rashly' (Part II, Chapter 7). He encourages her to pursue her vocal training instead of piano saying, 'your voice is worth all that you can put into it. When her instructor hears her voice, he realizes that this is her true artistic gift. The ambitious young heroine, Thea Kronborg, leaves her hometown to go to Chicago to fulfill her dream of becoming a well-trained pianist, a better piano teacher. Set in the 1890s in Moonstone, a fictional town in Colorado, The Song of the Lark is the self-portrait of an artist in the making. The Song of the Lark (1884) by Jules Breton, the painting that inspired the title of the book.

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