{"product_id":"dorothy-and-other-italian-stories","title":"Dorothy, and Other Italian Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if crossing an ocean changes not just where you live, but what you long for?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Dorothy, and Other Italian Stories, Constance Fenimore Woolson follows Americans into Italy’s old streets, gardens, churches and canals. Dorothy and the other tales bring together tourists, wanderers and people who have stayed abroad for years. Far from home, they face unfamiliar customs and feelings that make their hopes harder to understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove draws these people toward one another, but longing reaches beyond romance. Homesickness, the wish for another life and the hope of healing an old hurt shape their choices. Americans meet Italians and fellow Americans whom years abroad have changed. Woolson watches the gaps between them, revealing how easily strangers can misread each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItaly through strangers’ eyes\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore a place whose unfamiliar ways unsettle Americans and change what they want.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLonging beyond romance\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how homesickness and the wish for renewal complicate the search for love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeople caught between worlds\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet travelers and longtime residents whose shared origins do not guarantee understanding.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlaces you can picture\u003c\/strong\u003e – Step into carefully described gardens, churches and canals that give these stories their setting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiet observation, sharp feeling\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enjoy measured prose that pays close attention to people and their unfamiliar feelings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love nineteenth-century short fiction, Americans in Europe, and quiet, observant writing about feeling rather than fast plots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and follow Woolson’s travelers into Italy’s unfamiliar streets and uncertain feelings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59534679441756,"sku":"LOA-C11898-PB","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":59909496340828,"sku":"LOA-C11898-HC","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/11898_en_ebook-front_c07.jpg?v=1792175078","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/dorothy-and-other-italian-stories","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}