"Well, I hope what I hear is true. You know, I look upon myself as a great judge of character. And you're not only beautiful, you're good and sweet and natural; I should like you to be very happy."
"Well, I hope what I hear is true. You know, I look upon myself as a great judge of character. And you're not only beautiful, you're good and sweet and natural; I should like you to be very happy."
Very much a novella of its time and quite dated, but still interesting, with quite a plot expertly spun in just a few pages. Read it for an couple hours‘ diversion if you‘re into the period and the author.
Hanging in a Florentian villa with Maugham—Florence seems like about the only city in Europe that I didn‘t visit in my last read, “The Historian.” #historicalfiction #anglophilesoflitsy