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"Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2" is a tale of romance and religion set in Italy. There was nothing very surprising in the fact that the head of the house of Braccio should have obliged one of his daughters to take the veil in the Convent of Carmelite nuns, just within the gate of Subiaco, as his sister had taken it many years earlier. Indeed, it was customary in the family of the Princes of Gerano that one of the women should be a Carmelite, and it was a tradition not unattended with worldly advantages to the sisterhood, that the Braccio nun, whenever there was one, should be the abbess of that particular convent. Maria Teresa Braccio had therefore yielded, though very unwillingly, to her father's insistence, and having passed through her novitiate, had finally taken the veil as a Carmelite of Subiaco, in the year 1841, on the distinct understanding that when her aunt died she was to be abbess in the elder lady's stead. But perhaps Maria was not quite cut out for the convent, and more so when a young Scottish doctor comes to Subiaco for his studies...

'Corleone: A Tale of Sicily' is a crime novel written by Francis Marion Crawford. The story unfolds by introducing us to a man named Orsino, who described himself as "a discontented man, and knew it, which made his discontent a matter for self-reproach, especially as it was quite clear to him that the cause of it lay in himself." He had made two great mistakes at the beginning of life. At the time of the great building speculations in Rome, several years earlier, he had foolishly involved himself with his father's old enemy, Ugo del Ferice, and had found himself at last altogether in the latter's power, though not in reality his debtor. At the same time, he had fallen very much in love with a young widow, who, loving him very sincerely in her turn, but believing, for many reasons, that if she married him she would be doing him an irreparable injury, had sacrificed herself by marrying Del Ferice instead, selling herself to the banker for Orsino's release, without the latter's knowledge.

Set against the backdrop of 19th-century Italy, "Pietro Ghisleri" by F. Marion Crawford is a riveting tale of social customs, jealousy, and intricate relationships. The narrative unfolds in Rome, weaving a story of stepsisters and the complexities of love and envy. Crawford's portrayal of Italian society offers readers a deep dive into human emotions and societal expectations.

To Leeward is a novel by F. Marion Crawford. Crawford was an American novelist and fantasy writer. Excerpt: "Miss Leonora Carnethy was suffering from an acute attack of philosophical despair, which accounted for her not appearing with her mother on the Pincio. The immediate cause of the fit was the young lady's inability to comprehend Hegel's statement that "Nothing is the same as Being;" and as it was not only necessary to understand it, but also, in Miss Carnethy's view, to reconcile it with some dozens of other philosophical propositions all diametrically opposed to it and to each other, the consequence of the attempt was the most chaotic and hopeless failure on record in the annals of thought. Under these circumstances, Miss Carnethy shut herself up in a dark room, went to bed, and agreed with Hegel that Nothing was precisely the same as Being. She thus scattered all the other philosophies to the angry airts of heaven at one fell sweep, and she felt sure she was going to be a Hindoo."

"Fair Margaret: A Portrait" by F. Marion Crawford follows the titular character as she lives in Paris with the hopes of becoming a singer. The young woman's charm gains the attention of three admirers who wish to woo her. One of whom shows signs of not just being from high-society, but being a royal. Full of beauty, drama, and ambiance, this book will make readers far and wide fall in love with Margaret, the opera, and Paris.

The Three Fates is a romance novel by F. Marion Crawford. Crawford was an American author noted for his numerous novels, particularly those set in Italy, and for his classic bizarre and fantastical stories. Excerpt: "She bore in her whole being and presence the stamp of a comfortable life. There is nothing more disturbing to society than the forced companionship of a person who either is, or looks, uncomfortable, in body, mind, or fortune, and many people owe their popularity almost solely to a happy faculty of seeming always at their ease. It is certain that neither birth, wealth, nor talent will of themselves make man or woman popular, not even when all three are united in the possession of one individual. But on the other hand they are not drawbacks to social success, provided they are merely means to the attainment of that unobtrusively careless good humour which the world loves. Mrs. Sherrington Trimm knew this. If not talented, she possessed at all events a pedigree and a fortune; and as for talent, she looked upon culture as an hereditary disease peculiar to Bostonians, and though not contagious, yet full of danger, inasmuch as its presence in a well-organised society must necessarily be productive of discomfort. All the charm of general conversation must be gone, she thought, when a person appeared who was both able and anxious to set everybody right. She even went so far as to say that if everybody were poor, it would be very disagreeable to be rich. She never wished to do what others could not do; she only aimed at being among the first to do what everybody would do by and by, as a matter of course."

Sant' Ilario is an absorbing story depicting the impact of social change on an Italian family during the late 1800s. Set mostly in Rome, it tells the fascinating tale of Sant' Ilario, A Lady of Rome, and Giovanni Saracinesca. The novel presents an interesting picture of the period, describing the spiritual and economic concerns of the aristocracy at a time when its power and position were under attack from the emerging forces of modernity.