Publication

1986 - Collins, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveinnocence0000fitz_g4v0
  • ISBN-100002231050
  • ISBN-139780002231053
  • Goodreads1121431
  • LibraryThing57826
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  • Library of Congress Control Number89185873
  • OCLC Control Number20419925
  • Better World BooksKR-037-108
  • Better World Books9780002231053
  • Open LibraryOL1789475M

Classifications

  • LCCPR6056.I86 I56x 1986b
  • LCCPR6056.I86
  • DDC823/.914

Description

Beautiful Chiara is the last of the Ridolfi, a Florentine family of long lineage and eccentric habits. She is smitten with Salvatore, a brilliant but penniless doctor, a rational man who wants nothing to do with romance. This is the story of how these two - with the best intentions, the kindest of instincts, and the most meddlesome of friends - make each other wonderfully miserable.

First Sentence

Anyone can tell when they are passing the Ridolfi villa, the Ricordanza, because of the stone statues of what are known as 'the Dwarfs' on the highest part of the surrounding walls.

Excerpt

Anyone can tell when they are passing the Ridolfi villa, the Ricordanza, because of the stone statues of what are known as 'the Dwarfs' on the highest part of the surrounding walls.

Description

Beautiful Chiara, in love with the brilliant but aloof Salvatore, asks her worldly English schoolfriend Barney to help her, and becomes entangled in a web of good intentions and massive misunderstandings.

Subjects

Topics

ItalyBritishFictionMédecinsPhysiciansYoung womenUpper class

Other Editions

  • InnocenceCollins1986-01-01
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