Evelina: A Victorian Heroine in Venice by Judith Harris

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A Victorian heroine — in the most romantic city on earth. Venice in the Victorian era drew artists, writers, and free spirits from across Europe, and one remarkable Englishwoman claimed it as her own. Judith Harris’s Evelina tells the true story of a spirited Victorian woman who defied every convention of her upbringing to build an independent life on the canals.

From respectable but modest English beginnings, Evelina found in Venice what few women of her time could imagine: artistic freedom and personal autonomy. Harris traces how she cultivated her talent as a painter under the city’s luminous skies, moved among expatriate artists, writers, and Venetian society, and created a life entirely on her own terms — decades before such independence was thinkable for most women.

For lovers of Venice, Victorian rebels, and women’s lives lived boldly. Atmospheric, romantic, and — best of all — true.

Venice in the Victorian era was a magnet for artists, writers and free spirits — and one remarkable woman claimed it as her own. Evelina: A Victorian Heroine in Venice tells the true story of Evelina, a spirited Victorian woman who defied convention to build an independent life in Italy’s most romantic city.

Judith Harris traces Evelina’s journey from respectable but modest English beginnings to the canals of Venice, where she found artistic freedom few women of her time could imagine. You will discover how she cultivated her talent as a painter under the city’s luminous skies, moved among expatriate artists, writers and Venetian society, and navigated the financial and social pressures of living on her own terms — all while Italy itself was being transformed around her.

Drawing on meticulous research into 1800s Venice, Harris brings to life both a courageous woman and the extraordinary city that shaped her, illuminating the broader story of Victorian women who chose independence.

This e-book is perfect for lovers of biography and women’s history, Italophiles, and readers who dream of Venice.

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