Agnes of Sorrento

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First American edition (BAL 19418). Rebacked, with most of original backstrip laid down, and evidence of the reback inside where some of the material overlays the endpapers at the hinges, boards lightly soiled, pages a bit toned. 1862 Hard Cover. v, [6]-412, 16 pp. A historial romance set in 15th century Italy, by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The scene is laid in central Italy during the time of the infamous Pope Alexander VI. (from 1492 to 1503). Agnes is the daughter of a Roman prince who secretly marries, and then deserts, a girl of humble parentage. The young mother dies of grief, and Elsie, the grandmother, takes Agnes to Sorrento, where she lives by selling oranges in the streets. Her beauty and her purity attract to her many lovers, worthy and unworthy, and involve her in many romantic and dramatic incidents.