Project Gutenberg 2000-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 81 Sherwood, Margaret Pollock 1864 1955 Hastings, Elizabeth Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral Produced by Stephanie L. Johnson. HTML version by Al Haines. "Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral" by Margaret Pollock Sherwood is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story focuses on a young American woman named Daphne Willis who finds herself in Italy, navigating a new landscape rich with beauty and complex emotions, while trying to communicate with the local Italian peasants. At the start of the novel, Daphne is seen attempting to converse with Giacomo, the villa’s butler, and Assunta, his wife, through her limited Italian vocabulary. As she explores the stunning hills and valleys surrounding the Villa Accolanti, she becomes enchanted by the beauty of the Italian countryside. The narrative establishes her initial solitude and the challenges she faces with language barriers, while hinting at a deeper emotional journey that she will undertake as she interacts with the land, its inhabitants, and perhaps even a mysterious shepherd who seems more than merely human. The beginning effectively sets the stage for an exploration of identity, culture clash, and the quest for belonging in a richly evocative setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Italy -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 174751 2025-07-01T12:55:19.870997 text/html 166344 2021-01-01T00:06:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 61577 2021-01-01T00:06:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 148894 2025-07-01T12:55:25.823982 application/epub+zip 151042 2025-07-01T12:55:22.760990 application/epub+zip 125567 2025-07-01T12:55:21.688990 application/epub+zip 292818 2025-07-01T12:55:28.059985 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283167 2025-07-01T12:55:25.175000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200977 2022-09-02T04:05:38.376144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154965 2025-07-01T12:55:19.408109 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 154892 2021-01-01T00:06:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 59701 2021-01-01T00:06:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18372 2025-07-01T12:55:28.177972 application/rdf+xml 15203 2025-07-01T12:55:22.180987 image/jpeg 3909 2025-07-01T12:55:21.933990 image/jpeg 149130 2025-07-01T12:55:19.885007 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia