italomania

Updated: June 10, 2025

Emilia in England , later called Sandra Belloni, and its sequel Vittoria , embody, especially the latter, the Italomania of the mid-century. Between them Rhoda Fleming , returning to English country life, showed, with the old characteristics of expression, tragic power superior perhaps to that of the end of Feverel. In fact some have been inclined to put Rhoda at the head.

George Saintsbury - The English Novel