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The Cardinal's snuff-box

By Henry Harland

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Cover: The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy (1907), oil on canvas by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1925)

Henry Harland's 1900 romance, set in the hills of northern Italy. A young man named Peter, idling on a bench by a stream, is spoken to by a lady in the grounds of the neighbouring villa, and a story of love, secrets and a cardinal's snuff-box begins. Light, witty and decorative, by the editor of The Yellow Book.

Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: Chapter 1
  2. 2: Chapter 2
  3. 3: Chapter 3
  4. 4: Chapter 4
  5. 5: Chapter 5
  6. 6: Chapter 6
  7. 7: Chapter 7
  8. 8: Chapter 8
  9. 9: Chapter 9
  10. 10: Chapter 10
  11. 11: Chapter 11
  12. 12: Chapter 12
  13. 13: Chapter 13
  14. 14: Chapter 14
  15. 15: Chapter 15
  16. 16: Chapter 16
  17. 17: Chapter 17
  18. 18: Chapter 18
  19. 19: Chapter 19
  20. 20: Chapter 20
  21. 21: Chapter 21
  22. 22: Chapter 22
  23. 23: Chapter 23
  24. 24: Chapter 24
  25. 25: Chapter 25
  26. 26: Chapter 26
  27. 27: Chapter 27
  28. 28: Chapter 28