Project Gutenberg 2018-08-29 Public domain in the USA. 329 Gretton, G., Mrs. Gretton, A. L. V. The Englishwoman in Italy Impressions of life in the Roman states and Sardinia, during a ten years' residence Produced by MWS, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Englishwoman in Italy" by Mrs. G. Gretton is a travel memoir written in the mid-19th century. The narrative chronicles the author's experiences and observations during her ten-year residence in the Roman States and Sardinia, providing a unique lens into Italian life, culture, and society during that era. Through her fresh perspective, the book explores the contrasts between Italian customs and her own English upbringing. At the start of the memoir, the author relates her journey from Florence to Ancona, detailing her initial impressions and the hospitality extended by her uncle's family. She describes the quaintness of travel by vettura, the rustic accommodations in the Apennines, and the somber atmosphere of towns along the route, underscored by social decay under Austrian rule. As she arrives in Ancona, she is drawn to its picturesque beauty but also becomes aware of the complex social dynamics that define its inhabitants, including their formal etiquettes and societal expectations. The opening effectively sets the tone for an exploration of the contrasts between the author's expectations and the realities of life in Italy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 46.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Italy -- Social life and customs DG Text Category: Travel Writing 747900 2025-09-23T06:11:53.146645 text/html 744328 2018-08-29T14:32:36 text/html 493364 2025-09-23T06:12:01.705608 application/epub+zip 490147 2025-09-23T06:11:54.421618 application/epub+zip 408993 2025-09-23T06:11:53.799630 application/epub+zip 657641 2025-09-23T06:12:07.604569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 602405 2025-09-23T06:12:01.044631 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 521705 2022-09-26T06:57:22.859473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 696846 2025-09-23T06:11:52.258636 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 696794 2018-08-29T14:32:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17614 2025-09-23T06:12:07.737553 application/rdf+xml 10030 2025-09-23T06:11:53.897617 image/jpeg 2143 2025-09-23T06:11:53.848618 image/jpeg 276527 2018-08-29T14:32:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 398188 2018-08-29T14:32:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 406210 2025-09-23T06:11:53.208641 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