From one of the most prolific writers of the 19th Century comes a romance set in the countryside of Italy as it turns from an idyllic world into a smoke-belching industrialized marketplace. It is the story of the common man who works the land for a living and the government leeches who use laws to line their pockets. The story, like all romances centers around two lovers, Viola and Carmelo. After a jealous government worker is rebuffed by Viola, the rules he passes all seem to directly affect the two families. What follows is the ruin of a family at the hands of government policies, but a minor triumphs of human spirit in daily life.Corrected and restored from the original three-volume set. This e-book provides Ouida’s complete tale as well as Charles Warren Stoddard’s short sketch Ouida in Her Winter City from National Magazine (1905).Gutter Type Press is dedicated to bringing forgotten works to the digital reader. Our titles have been designed to reflect the feel of the original edition on e-readers. Typos and errors have been corrected, and the text reformatted for a modern reading experience.
