The Alcott Sisters in Rome: A Tragicomic Chronicle

This article recounts the Alcott sisters’ experience in Rome, in the contingency of the Tiber’s flood and of the political transition to the Italian unification. The arrival of the King of Italy is welcomed by Louisa May and originates, along with the inundation, a vivid urban sketch written in the...

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Main Author: Daniela Daniele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/18858