02322cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000220011324501170013526400510025230000470030333600260035033700260037633800360040250000310043850802090046952012000067853400450187865300370192385600430196099900170200357808UtSlPG20260610134331.0mcr n260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aDG1 aGretton, G., Mrs.14aThe Englishwoman in Italy :bImpressions of life in the Roman states and Sardinia, during a ten years' residence 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2018  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2018-08-29  aProduced by MWS, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
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Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)  a"The Englishwoman in Italy" by Mrs. G. Gretton is a travel memoir written in the mid-19th century. The narrative chronicles the author's experiences and observations during her ten-year residence in the Roman States and Sardinia, providing a unique lens into Italian life, culture, and society during that era. Through her fresh perspective, the book explores the contrasts between Italian customs and her own English upbringing.  At the start of the memoir, the author relates her journey from Florence to Ancona, detailing her initial impressions and the hospitality extended by her uncle's family. She describes the quaintness of travel by vettura, the rustic accommodations in the Apennines, and the somber atmosphere of towns along the route, underscored by social decay under Austrian rule. As she arrives in Ancona, she is drawn to its picturesque beauty but also becomes aware of the complex social dynamics that define its inhabitants, including their formal etiquettes and societal expectations. The opening effectively sets the tone for an exploration of the contrasts between the author's expectations and the realities of life in Italy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aItaly -- Social life and customs40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57808  c98637d98637