02327cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000540011324500190016726400510018630000470023733600260028433700260031033800360033650000310037250801840040352012270058753400450181465300390185965300550189885600430195399900170199647624UtSlPG20260610134108.0mcr n260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aCrawford, F. Marionq(Francis Marion),d1854-190912aA Lady of Rome 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2014  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2014-12-10  aProduced by Shaun Pinder and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
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Internet Archive)  a"A Lady of Rome" by F. Marion Crawford is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Maria Montalto, a beautiful woman selling lemonade at a Roman fair, who is burdened by her past and the memories of a failed marriage. As the narrative unfolds, themes of love, loss, and societal expectations come to the forefront, particularly as Maria is unexpectedly confronted by her former love, Baldassare del Castiglione, after years of separation.  At the start of the novel, Maria, dressed in a colorful traditional costume, captures the attention of fairgoers while grappling with her complex emotions regarding her estranged husband and her past love. The opening introduces the reader to her conflicting feelings of nostalgia and pain linked to her turbulent history with Castiglione. As she serves refreshments, her interactions reveal that while society views her with admiration and pity, there is a deeper, haunting story of love, loss, and moral dilemmas beneath her composed exterior. The reunion with Castiglione sets the stage for a journey of emotional reckoning, leaving readers intrigued by the potential unraveling of her life’s narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction  aRome (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47624  c88463d88463