Indian Summer (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
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
- Principal Characters: Theodore Colville, Mrs. Lina Bowen, Imogene Graham, Effie Bowen, Mr. Morton
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance
- Locales: Florence, Italy
The Story:
Theodore Colville studied architecture as a young man and continued his professional education by spending some months in Italy. While there, he went about with two young women. He fell in love with one of them, but the girl rejected his suit. Soon afterward, he went back to the United States at the request of his older brother, who had recently purchased a newspaper. Colville became the editor of his brother’s paper and eventually purchased it. He entered politics in his fortieth year. After being defeated, he left his home in Indiana and went again to Italy.
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