Italian Life and Legends: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Italian Life and Legends, credited to Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Italian Life and Legends by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie. Read in English by Kelly S. Taylor A mix of short works written by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie during her residence in Florence from 1864-65, this collection was edited and prepared for publication by her sister, Mary Thompson, wife of artist, Cephas Giovanni Thompson, after her death. It contains short stories, legends, historical sketches, profiles of noted Italian performers and foreign literati, and even an account of a devastating flood of the Arno that the author witnessed. - Summary by Kelly S. Taylor

Recording facts

• Recording title: Italian Life and Legends
• Author credits: Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 19
• Listed recording duration: 7:50:29

Catalogue topics

• travel
• Legends
• Italy
• biographical profiles

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 1:45
2. 01 - Chapter I Savonarola — 36:34
3. 02 - Chapter I part 2 Savonarola — 37:25
4. 03 - Chapter II Vittoria Colonna — 30:46
5. 04 - Chapter III Galileo's Villa — 35:47
6. 05 - Chapter IV Convent of Vallombrosa — 21:41
7. 06 - Chapter V Bridges of Florence — 19:19
8. 07 - Chapter VI Dante — 25:49
9. 08 - Chapter VII Florentine Feuds — 19:19
10. 09 - Chapter VIII Feuds between the Bianchi and Neri — 19:52
11. 10 - Chapter IX The Village Serravezza — 19:00
12. 11 - Chapter X The Protestant Cemetery at Florence Mrs. Browning — Dr. Southwood Smith — Mrs. Frances Trollope, and other Celebrities. — 17:32
13. 12 - Chapter XI Overflow of Arno — Artist, and the Story of a Mad Singer — 17:56
14. 13 - Chapter XII Fedi the Sculptor — 14:33
15. 14 - Chapter XIII Adelaide Ristori, and Piccolomini — 17:46
16. 15 - Chapter XIV The Beautiful Horror. A Florentine Legend — 24:35
17. 16 - Chapter XV Ginerva — 22:19
18. 17 - Chapter XVI La Belle Clementine — 41:17
19. 18 - Chapter XVII Caterina Sforza - Thrice Wedded, thrice Widowed; An Italian Chatelaine. — 47:14

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