Roderick Hudson Chapter I Part 2

In which a meeting unfolds between the candid young sculptor and his discerning cousin, whose serene praise awakens in him a restless hope and latent ambition, set against the quietly picturesque backdrop of a New England summer. Their ensuing walk and visit to the sculptor’s humble studio reveal the boy’s ardent, if inexperienced, artistic spirit, his fraught domestic ties, and a stirring proposal that hints at the promise and trials of fulfilling one’s true vocation.