Starting from Dante’s Limbo, Vernon Lee writes of the things that just miss existence, then turns to old houses, the lie of the land, Tuscan midsummer, modern travelling, old Italian gardens, leisure and the ghosts of Ravenna. The volume ends with Ariadne in Mantua, her poetic drama set at a Renaissance court.
Graceful, learned essays on place and charm from one of the great English writers on Italy. Download the free EPUB.