Dorothy, and Other Italian Stories is a collection of short fiction by the American writer Constance Fenimore Woolson. Most of the stories are set in Italy and follow travelers, artists, and residents as their encounters reveal quiet emotional and psychological tensions. They are worth listening to for their careful character portraits and the atmosphere of nineteenth-century Italian settings.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
DOROTHY DOROTHY DOROTHY AND OTHER ITALIAN STORIES BY CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON ILLUSTRATED colophon NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1896 BY CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON. —— MENTONE, CAIRO, AND CORFU. Ill'd. $1 75. THE FRONT YARD, Etc. Illustrated. $1 25. ANNE. Illustrated. $1 25. HORACE CHASE. $1 25. EAST ANGELS. $1 25. CASTLE NOWHERE. $1 00. JUPITER LIGHTS. $1 25. RODMAN THE KEEPER. $1 00. FOR THE MAJOR. Illustrated. $1 00. —— PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. Copyright, 1895, by HARPER & BROTHERS. —— All rights reserved.
NOTE OF the stories contained in this volume, "A Florentine Experiment" was originally published in the Atlantic Monthly, and the others in HARPER'S MAGAZINE. CONTENTS PAGE DOROTHY 1 A TRANSPLANTED BOY 60 A FLORENTINE EXPERIMENT 122 A WAITRESS 187 AT THE CHÂTEAU OF CORINNE 237 ILLUSTRATIONS DOROTHY Frontispiece THE VILLA DORIO Facing page 4 "AND AGAIN SHE LOOKED UP AT HIM" " 22 "'I MEAN THAT I SHALL SEE HIM VERY SOON NOW'" " 56 "'OH, HOW EARLY YOU'VE COME UP!' SAID MASO" " 70 "'MR. TIBER, BEG!'" " 72 "WE MUST SINK OR SWIM TOGETHER, MASO" " 90 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WATERHOUSE " 96 TEA IN THE GARDEN " 188 "THE DOG WAS FOLLOWING AT THE EXTREME LENGTH OF HIS CORD" " 218
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