My Friend Prospero
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Lady Blanchemain arrives at an Italian castle confident that her guidebook promises admission, only to meet a doubtful porter. A cheerful English young man resolves the difficulty and guides her through courts, cloisters and splendid apartments filled with paintings. As she examines the building, she also studies her guide's appearance and manner. Henry Harland surrounds this encounter with terraced gardens, blossoming fruit trees, a winding river and distant snowy mountains.
The romance pairs these elegant surroundings with conversations about feeling and belief. Annunziata interprets a cloud crossing the sun as a sign of divine anger and becomes deeply distressed. Maria Dolores holds and reassures her, then gently questions the child's vivid explanation. The narrator's sociable voice and detailed character portraits make small exchanges central to the book's appeal.
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Book facts
- Author
- Henry Harland
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 146
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Romance Books
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online