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Lucy's Florence

Half the novel happens in a few streets of Florence and the hills above it. Scroll to follow Lucy from the Bertolini to Fiesole.

Arno Bertolini Ponte Vecchio Signoria Santa Croce Fiesole hills to Rome to Surrey

Sketch map, not to scale

  1. Chapter 1

    No view

    The cousins are promised the Arno and get a courtyard.

    Listen: Chapter 1
  2. Chapter 1

    A swap

    The Emersons give up their rooms with a view.

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  3. Chapter 2

    Without a Baedeker

    Lucy is left alone in Santa Croce.

    Listen: Chapter 2
  4. Chapter 4

    The stabbing

    A quarrel, a death, and Lucy faints into George's arms.

    Listen: Chapter 4
  5. Chapter 4

    By the river

    George throws her bloodstained photographs into the Arno.

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  6. Chapter 6

    To Fiesole

    Two carriages climb into the hills.

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  7. Chapter 6

    The violets

    George kisses Lucy on a terrace of violets.

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  8. Chapter 7

    Escape to Rome

    Charlotte hurries Lucy away.

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  9. Chapter 8

    Windy Corner

    Home in Surrey, and an engagement to Cecil.

    Listen: Chapter 8
  10. Chapter 20

    The room with a view

    Lucy and George return together.

    Listen: Chapter 20