The front yard : and other Italian stories. [The front yard.--Neptune's shore.--A pink villa.--The street of the Hyacinth.--A Christmas party.--In Venice.] [Short story index reprint series]

Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894. ; C. S. Reinhart

Published by Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press, 1969, 1969

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272 pages illustrations 21 cm.; ISBN: 0836932145; 9780836932140 LCCN: 76-101826 ; LC: PZ3.W888; PS3362; Dewey: 813/.4 ; OCLC: 48824 ; Contents: The front yard.--Neptune's shore.--A pink villa.--The street of the Hyacinth.--A Christmas party.--In Venice. ; brown cloth l no dustjacket ; "Woolson was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, but her family soon moved to Cleveland, Ohio, after the deaths of three of her sisters from scarlet fever. Woolson was educated at the Cleveland Female Seminary and a boarding school in New York. She traveled extensively through the midwest and northeastern regions of the U.S. during her childhood and young adulthood. Woolson's father died in 1869. The following year she began to publish fiction and essays in magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine. Her first full-length publication was a children's book, The Old Stone House (1873). In 1875 she published her first volume of short stories, Castle Nowhere: Lake-Country Sketches, based on her experiences in the Great Lakes region, especially Mackinac Island.In 1893 Woolson rented an elegant apartment on the Grand Canal of Venice. Suffering from influenza and depression, she either jumped or fell to her death from a window in the apartment in January 1894. Two volumes of her short stories appeared after her death: The Front Yard and Other Italian Stories (1895) and Dorothy and Other Italian Stories (1896). She is buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome, and is memorialized by Anne's Tablet on Mackinac Island, Michigan."--Wikipedia ; illustration by C. S. Reinhart ; VG. Seller Inventory # 007042

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Title: The front yard : and other Italian stories. ...

Publisher: Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press, 1969

Publication Date: 1969

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Book Type: Book