A group of English ‘northerners in sunlight’ gather at a boarding-house on the Mergellina in Naples. Miriam Baske, a young widow raised in strict Puritan faith, slowly opens to art and Italy under the eye of the painter Ross Mallard, while the free-spirited Cecily Doran, brought up to be emancipated, makes a reckless marriage with Miriam’s brother Reuben.
A thoughtful novel of ideas about what liberation really means, set amid the beauty of southern Italy. Download the free EPUB.