William Wetmore Story

Gaskell was also well acquainted with Harriet Beecher Stowe , who travelled the British Isles and Europe extensively in the 1850s. The two women spent time together in England, at Gaskell's home, and in...

In Italy the opera singer Clara (Novello) Gigliucci became a close friend of ES and of her sister. Emily's social circles there included George Perkins Marsh (the US minister to Italy) and Caroline Crane Marsh

IB was fond of society life, had a wide circle of friends, and was noted for her hospitality. Her home at the Villa Brichieri, with its terraced garden overlooking Florence and the Arno, was...

The Thackerays visited Rome, Genoa, Leghorn and Pisa. Their friends in Rome included the BrowningsElizabeth Barrett Browning , the American sculptor William Wetmore Story , and Adelaide (Kemble) Sartoris (whose home rehearsals for concerts...