The American Revenge Quotes

Newman's not just mad about being dumped. He's mad about being humiliated by the French elite.

It's rare that two characters are united in wanting revenge against the same party. But this sentence reverberates throughout the end of the novel—what is Newman's grudge, exactly? Why is he seeking such intense revenge? Is it a matter of a broken heart, or a matter of a broken dream?

Mrs. Bread doesn't have a strong drive for revenge. She's been sitting on incriminating evidence for years, and that time has drained the blood from her vengeance plot.