The Improvisatore: A Novel of Italy

Contents
Introduction
The Improvisatore
Part I
I
	My Earliest Surroundings
II
	The Visit to the Catacombs · I Become a Choirboy · The Pretty Little Angel · The Improvisatore
III
	The Flower Festival in Genzano
IV
	Uncle Peppo · A Night in the Colosseum · My Departure
V
	The Campagna
VI
	My Visit to Palazzo Borghese · The Story of My Childhood Ends
VII
	Life at School · Habbas Dahdah · La divina commedia · The Senator’s Nephew
VIII
	A Pleasant and an Unpleasant Encounter · The Little Abbess · The Old Jew
IX
	The Jewish Girl
X
	One Year Later · The Roman Carnival · The Soprano
XI
	Bernardo as Deus ex Machina · La prova di un opera seria · My First Improvisation · The Last Day of Carnival
XII
	Lent · Allegri’s Miserere in the Sistine Chapel · A Visit to Bernardo · Annunziata
XIII
	The Picture Gallery · A More Accurate Explanation · The Easter Celebration · The Turning Point of My Fate
XIV
	The Farmers of Rocca del Papa · The Den of Thieves  · The Goddess of My Fate
Part II
I
	The Pontine Marshes · Terracina · An Old Acquaintance · The Birthplace of Fra Diavolo · The Orange Garden near Mola di Gaeta · The Neapolitan Signora · Naples
II
	Pain and Consolation · A Closer Acquaintanceship with the Signora · The Professor · The Letter · Did I Misunderstand Her?
III
	A Walk through Herculaneum and Pompeii · An Evening on Vesuvius
IV
	An Unexpected Encounter · My Performance at Teatro San Carlo
V
	Santa · The Eruption · Old Relationships
VI
	The Journey to Paestum · The Greek Temples · The Blind Girl
VII
	The Adventure in Amalfi · The Blue Grotto in Capri
VIII
	The Trip Home
IX
	My Education · The Little Abbess
X
	Old Domenica · The Discovery · An Evening in Nepi · Terni · The Seafarer’s Song · Venice
XI
	The Storm · A Soiree at the Home of My Banker · The Podesta’s Niece
XII
	The Soprano
XIII
	Poggio · Annunziata · Maria
XIV
	Verona’s Distinctive Features · The Cathedral of Milan · A Meeting at Napoleon’s Triumphal Arch · Dream and Reality · The Blue Grotto