The Land of the Blessed Virgin. Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia (1905)
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Stott notes 3 binding variants.
It took Maugham 7 years before he found a publisher for this book, although by that time he was already dissatisfied of how Heinemann handled the promotion of his books.
Years later, Maugham commented on his puerile attempt to describe the sensations that Spain left him, a place that continued to absorb him for the rest of his life. He went back to write about Spain in Don Fernando, a mature effort in capturing the country, its people, and its literature. And his last novel Catalina sets in Spain during its Golden Age.
Though more well-known as Ford Madox Ford's lover, Violet Hunt was Maugham's for a period, and they parted friends. It has been pointed out that she was the model for Norah Nesbit in Of Human Bondage. In 1908, Hunt dedicated her most successful novel White Rose and Weary Leaf to Maugham. Alec Waugh commented on Maugham's kindness to Hunt at a party when Hunt was down and out, in 1922.
TOC:
I. The Spirit of Andalusia
II. The Churches of Ronda
III. Ronda
IV. The Swineherd
V. Medinat Az-Zahrā
VI. The Mosque
VII. The Court of Oranges
VIII. Cordova
IX. The Bridge of Calahorra
X. Puerta del Puente
XI. Seville
XII. The Alcazar
XIII. Calle de las Sierpes
XIV. Characteristics
XV. Don Juan Tenorio
XVI. Women of Andalusia
XVII. The Dance
XVIII. A Feast Day
XIX. The Giralda
XX. The Cathedral of Seville
XXI. The Hospital of Charity
XXII. Gaol
XXIII. Before the Bull-Fight
XXIV. Corrida de Toros—I.
XXV. Corrida de Toros—II.
XXVI. On Horseback
XXVII. By the Road—I.
XXVIII. By the Road—II.
XXIX. Ecija
XXX. Wind and Storm
XXXI. Two Villages
XXXII. Granada
XXXIII. The Alhambra
XXXIV. Boabdil the Unlucky
XXXV. Los Pobres
XXXVI. The Song
XXXVII. Jerez
XXXVIII. Cadiz
XXXIX. El Genero Chico
XL. Adios
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p. [i] half-title, p. [ii] ads., inset of frontispiece with tissue guard, p. [iii] title, p. [iv] copyright, "All rights reserved", p. [v] dedication, "TO VIOLET HUNT", pp. vii–viii Contents, 228 pages
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