Indian Summer (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Dean Howells
- First Published: 1886
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Shortly after the American Civil War
- Setting: Florence, Italy
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance
- Locales: Florence, Italy
Characters Discussed
Theodore Colville, a middle-aged American architect who leaves Italy for the United States when a young woman rejects his suit. In the United States, he runs a newspaper for a time and then enters Indiana politics. Defeated at the polls, he returns to Italy to resume his study of architecture. He learns to love two American women, one a middle-aged widow, the other a woman half his age. He almost marries the younger woman, but complications and misunderstandings prevent him from doing so. Finally, he marries the widow.
Imogene Graham, a young woman...
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