Author Description

"Miss Meredith" is an 1889 novel by Amy Levy. A romantic novel set in Pisa, Italy, "Miss Meredith" is a must read for classic romantic fiction fans. Amy Judith Levy (1861-1889) was a British poet, novelist, and essayist. She was notably the first Jewish woman to study at Cambridge university, and she became well-known for her feminist positions as well as her romantic relationships with both male and female political and literature figures. Contents include: "A Family of Four", "A Great Event", "New and Strange Experiences", "The New Governess and Her Pupil", "Making Friends", "Chapter Vimarchetti", "The Home-Coming of the Rebel", "An Italian Ball", "'What Has Happened to Me?'", "'As Good as Gold'", "'Will You Make Me Very Happy?'", "The Breaking of the Storm", etc. Other works by this author include: "Xantippe and Other Verse" (1881), "The Romance of a Shop" (1888), and "Reuben Sachs" (1888). Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing this classic novel now in a new edition complete with an introductory biography of the author by Richard Garnett.