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North Italian Folk: Sketches of Town and Country Life

Carr, Alice Vansittart Strettel, 1850-1927; Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886 [Illustrator]· 4 chapters· 60,301 words

PAGE GENOA 3 MARTEDÌ GRASSO (_Shrove Tuesday_) 9 LA FIORAJA (_The Flower Girl_) 20 LA FESTA DELLE PALME 28 HOLY WEEK AND EASTER FEASTS (_I Sepolcri_) 39 LA FANTESCA (_The Servant Wench_) 46 IL NEGOZIANTE (_The Shopman_) 57 LA PETTINATRICE (_The Hairdresser_) 67 FISHER-FOLK 77...

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4. Part Two

Where the winding chain of the Apennines stretches upward from the sea, crossing and recrossing the land with so many and such strange devices that from off the height of one of...

3. Part One

Spring returns. In northern lands, where much work is done and living is hard, our skies are yet grey and the winds blow keen while the earth is hard with the late frosts. Yet a...

2. Part Two.

_IN THE APENNINES. PAGE THE MOUNTAINS 137 AT THE CHESTNUT HARVEST 156 UNDER THE CHERRY TREES (_The Bridal_) 165 THE PARISH PRIEST 175 THE PRIEST’S SERVING MAID 185 IL SIGNOR CAP...

1. Part One.

PAGE GENOA 3 MARTEDÌ GRASSO (_Shrove Tuesday_) 9 LA FIORAJA (_The Flower Girl_) 20 LA FESTA DELLE PALME 28 HOLY WEEK AND EASTER FEASTS (_I Sepolcri_) 39 LA FANTESCA (_The Servan...