The book The Florence of Landor was written by author Whiting, Lilian, 1847-1942 Here you can read free online of The Florence of Landor book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Florence of Landor a good or bad book?
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. It is odd enough that I had written a good many scraps of two * Imaginary Conversa- tions ' in which Giovanna is a speaker ; but I cannot remember a syllable of them, nor would they do. She and Vittoria Colonna are my favorites among the women of Italy, as Boc- caccio and Fetrarca are among the men. But, to have clear perceptions of women, to elicit their thoughts, and hear their voices to advantage, I must be in the open air, in the sun — alas, in Italy, were it possible, my sprained ankle w...ill not let me take my long and rapid strides. I Digitized by Google •IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS" am an artificial man. I want all these helps for poetry. Quiet and silent nights are the next things needfuL" Of the creation of his tragedy, ** Andrea of Hungary/' Landor writes that it was ^' conceived, planned, and executed in thirteen days; tran- scribed (the worst of the business) in six. Any man, I am now convinced,'* he continues, ** may write a dozen such within the year. The worst of it is, in anything dramatic, such is the rapidity of passion the words escape before they can be taken down.
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