Italian Life And Legends

Italian Life and Legends

by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

Italian Life and Legends is a collection of short works written by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie during her residence in Florence from 1864-65. The book contains short stories, legends, historical sketches, profiles of noted Italian performers and foreign literati, and even an account of a devastating flood of the Arno that the author witnessed.

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Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie was a French-born American author, playwright, public reader, actress, and preservationist. Her best known work was the play Fashion, published in 1845. Following her critical...

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