
Where Angels Fear to Tread
'Where Angels Fear to Tread' Summary
On a journey to Tuscany with her young friend and travelling companion Caroline Abbott, widowed Lilia Herriton falls in love with Gino, a handsome Italian man much younger than herself, and decides to stay. Furious, her dead husband's family send Lilia's brother-in-law Philip to Italy to prevent a misalliance, but he arrives too late. Lilia has already married Gino and becomes pregnant again. She gives birth to a son, but dies in childbirth. Caroline decides to go to Tuscany again to save the child from what she perceives will be a difficult life. Not to be outdone, the Herritons send Philip again to Italy, this time accompanied by his sister Harriet, to save the family's reputation. In the public eye, they make it known that it is both their right and their duty to travel to Italy to obtain custody of the infant so that he can be raised as an Englishman. Secretly, though, they have no regard for the child, only public appearances.
Philip and Harriet meet Caroline in Monteriano. Both Philip and Caroline eventually fall under the charm of Italy, which causes them to waver in their original purpose. They further learn that Gino is fiercely devoted to Lilia's infant son. As they admit defeat in their mission however, Harriet kidnaps the baby, but the baby is accidentally killed when the carriage he is in overturns. Gino, hearing the news, attacks Phillip, but the two are reconciled after Caroline's mediation. Gino's physical outburst toward Philip in response to the news makes Philip realise what it is like to truly be alive. The guilt felt by Harriet causes her to lose her mind. Finally, as Philip and Caroline return to England, he realises that he is in love with Caroline but that he can never be with her, because she admits, dramatically, to being in love with Gino.
Book Details
Language
EnglishOriginal Language
EnglishPublished In
1905Authors

Edward M. Forster
England
Edward Morgan Forster was an English fiction writer, essayist and librettist. Many of his novels examine class difference and hypocrisy, including A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A P...
Books by Edward M. ForsterDownload eBooks
Listen/Download Audiobook
- Select Speed
Related books

Boule de suif by Guy de Maupassant
Douze nouvelles dans lesquelles Guy de Maupassant pose un regard ironique, voire pessimiste, sur la société française de la fin du XIXe siècle. (Par D...

Day's Journey by Netta Syrett
In "The Day's Journey," Netta Syrett explores the complexities of love and marriage within the context of the changing social landscape of the Victori...

Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress by Fanny Burney
The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband...

Favole di Jean de La Fontaine: Libro 09 by Jean de La Fontaine
Nei 12 volumi delle "Favole" (1669 - 1693) Jean de La Fontaine rinnovò la tradizione esopica, rappresentando la commedia umana. Quest'opera dimostrò i...

Beyond by John Galsworthy
Gyp, the daughter of an ex-Major and an ex-mistress, grows up in an isolated surrounding. When she is introduced to society, she meets Fiorsen, a Swed...

Dawn of All by Robert Hugh Benson
This book, written as a sequel to 'Lord of the World,' explores a future where ancient thought and traditional religious values are experiencing a res...

Dreams by Olive Schreiner
In her haunting and visionary collection of short stories, Dreams, Olive Schreiner explores the inner lives of women in Victorian-era South Africa, gr...

Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith
Ordeal of Richard Feverel is a Victorian novel by George Meredith that tells the story of a young man's struggle to live his own life in the face of h...

Mudfog and Other Sketches by Charles Dickens
The Mudfog Papers was written by Victorian era novelist Charles Dickens and published from 1837–38 in the monthly literary serial Bentley's Miscellany...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
This is a timeless classic that explores the contrasting nature of two sisters and their divergent approaches to life and love. Written by the esteeme...
Reviews for Where Angels Fear to Tread
No reviews posted or approved, yet...