Miss Harriet

A small, lively carriage rattles up a mist‑covered road as dawn creeps over the fields of Normandy. Inside, four women and three men trade sleepy yawns for witty repartee, while the landscape—golden wheat, distant cliffs, and the ruins of Étretat—unfolds in a wash of colour. Their guide, the charismatic painter Léon Chenal, promises a tale of love that has haunted him since his own reckless youth.

Through Chenal’s reminiscences we are drawn into a world of wandering artists, impromptu picnics by oak‑shadowed springs, and the fierce, unrefined passions of a generation that roamed from tavern to tavern. The narrative captures the fleeting beauty of sunrise, the rustle of hay, and the bittersweet longing that lingers when a lover departs. It is a gentle, evocative portrait of a moment when freedom, art, and romance intersect on the road to the unknown.