Short Stories Set in Italy

The cliché is of the artist starving in his garret. Be it poet or author it seems romantic but lacks somewhat in the comforts and quality of life. Somewhat better then to live and write in perhaps the Classical Cultural centre of the world; Italy. A gloried land that sates the appetite yet something increases its ambition and its yearning for further reach. Being an English author in a new and different culture seems to work its magic when these two are placed together in the same spot with a rich vocabulary; ideas seem more fully formed and characters have another edge to their existence. For the outsider looking in, more can be revealed and shared with ourselves. 01 - Short Stories Set in Italy - The English Language in a Foreign Land - An Introduction 02 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton 03 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 1 by H G Wells 04 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 2 by H G Wells 05 - The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe 06 - Amour Dure - Part 1 by Violet Paget writing as V