Tag: Italy
Dangerous women serving the city
Over the course of three centuries, the prostitutes of Florence ascended from outcasts to workers in the service of the state. Gillian Jack explains how.
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“Dream becomes reality. Adventure becomes domesticity, the part where Austen stopped.”
Dream becomes reality. Adventure becomes domesticity, the part where Austen stopped. The dangerous woman always has to speak.
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In this months’ contribution from Scottish PEN, Zoë Strachan takes a look at the life and career of Scottish novelist Dame Muriel Spark.
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