Ragged Lady: A Novel of a Companion in Italy
Jul 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 53 full-page plates by Winslow Homer, Giuseppe De Nittis and Giovanni Fattori. A Vermont girl of no family is taken up by a rich woman as a companion and carried to Italy — where the arrangement, and everyone's exact idea of what she is owed, comes apart. Howells edited The Atlantic and was the most powerful literary broker in America; this 1899 novel is his quietest anatomy of patronage, and the girl's refusal to be grateful on cue is the whole book. Fifty-three plates after Winslow Homer and Giovanni Boldini follow the peasant girls, wells, and small Italian villages that surround the companion's story.
Complete and unabridged, with 53 full-page plates by Winslow Homer, Giuseppe De Nittis and Giovanni Fattori. A Vermont girl of no family is taken up by a rich woman as a companion and carried to Italy — where the arrangement, and everyone's exact idea of what she is owed, comes apart. Howells edi...
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William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was an American novelist, literary critic, and editor. He edited The Atlantic Monthly from 1871 to 1881 and advocated for literary realism. His works include the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham, Indian Summer, and The Kentons, as well as the critical study Criticism and Fiction.
William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was an American novelist, literary critic, and editor. He edited The Atlantic Monthly from 1871 to 1881 and advocated for literary realism. His works include the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham, Indian Summer, and The Kentons, as well as the critical study Critici...
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