Italian Hours

Classics

Author: Henry James

“The charm of certain vacant grassy spaces, in Italy, overfrowned by masses of brickwork that are honeycombed by the suns of centuries, is something that I hereby renounce once for all the attempt to express; but you may be sure that whenever I mention such a spot enchantment lurks in it.” – Henry James,,,In these essays on travels in Italy written from 1872 to 1909, Henry J….Read More

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