THE STORY
OF SAN MICHELE
By AXEL MUNTHE
“And there was war in heaven: Michael
and his angels fought against the dragon;
and the dragon fought and his angels, and
prevailed not; neither was their place
found any more in heaven. And the great
dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth
the whole world: he was cast out into the
earth, and his angels were cast out with
him.”
The Book of the Revelation.
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
First Edition .. .. 1929
The Author's profits on the sale of this book
will be handed over to the Naples Society
for the Protection of Animals
All rights reserved
Made and Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London
To
RENNELL RODD
THE LOVER OF ITALY
THE FRIEND IN GOOD AND ILL
Preface to the electronic edition
This book from 1929 was originally written in English and later
translated by the author into Swedish (Boken om San Michele,
1929). Wikipedia has an article about the book in several languages
(English,
Swedish).
A copy of the English first edition was digitized in 2020 by the
Gothenburg University library, from where the scanned images and OCR
text in July 2020 were copied to Project Runeberg for proofreading.
Unfortunately, pages xvi and 1 are missing from the Gothenburg
digitization and have instead been copied from
one made by the Internet Archive.
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Table of Contents
Title and contents -
pretitle,
verso of pretitle leaf,
title page,
verso of title leaf,
vii,
xiii,
xiv,
xv,
xvi
Preface -
ix,
x,
xi,
xii
I. Youth -
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
19
Gioia—The Phoenician Steps—Maria Porta-Lettere—La Bella Margherita—Don Dionisio’s Wine—In Mastro Vincenzo’s Garden—The Man in the Red Mantle—The Bargain
II. Quartier Latin -
20,
21,
22,
23,
24,
25,
26,
27,
28,
29,
30
Hôtel de l’Avenir—The Implacable Foe—The Eternal Sleeping Draught—Salle St. Claire—Work, Work, Work!
III. Avenue de Villiers -
31,
32,
33,
34,
35,
36,
37,
38,
39,
40,
41,
42,
43,
44
Colitis—The Countess—Faubourg St. Germain—Loulou—The Salvatore Family
IV. A Fashionable Doctor -
45,
46,
47,
48,
49,
50,
51,
52,
53,
54,
55,
56
Monsieur l’Abbé—Luck—Asile St. Anne—Ménagerie Pezon—Jack
V. Patients -
57,
58,
59,
60,
61,
62,
63,
64,
65,
66,
67,
68,
69,
70,
71,
72,
73,
74,
75,
76,
77,
78,
79,
80
Dogs—Hydrophobia—Pasteur—The Moujiks—The Norwegian Painter—An Error of Diagnosis—Vivisection—The Monkey Doctor
VI. Château Rameaux -
81,
82,
83,
84,
85,
86,
87,
88,
89,
90,
91,
92,
93,
94,
95,
96,
97,
98,
99,
100,
101,
102,
103,
104,
105,
106,
107,
108,
109,
110,
111,
112,
113,
114,
115,
116,
117,
118,
119
Diphtheria—Walking Home—Holidays—The Bear Story—The Skylark—Vicomte Maurice—In the Smoking-room—The Village Doctor—Spratt’s Biscuits—Romeo and Juliet—Le Vieux Marcheur—Back to Paris—The Ghost—The Pole Star
VII. Lapland -
120,
121,
122,
123,
124,
125,
126,
127,
128,
129,
130,
131,
132,
133,
134,
135,
136,
137,
138,
139,
140,
141,
142,
143,
144,
145,
146,
147,
148,
149,
150,
151,
152,
153,
154,
155,
156
Old Turi—The Little People—Lapland Dogs—The Healer—Ristin—The Birch-root Box—The Old Bear—Two Stately Travellers—Fog—Uncle Lars and Mother Kerstin—Those People they Call Thieves—In the Cow-stable—The Tallow Candle and the Goblin—Nursery Recollections—Six Hundred Years Old—The Gold Box—Night Visitors—‘The Times’
VIII. Naples -
157,
158,
159,
160,
161,
162,
163,
164,
165,
166,
167,
168,
169,
170,
171,
172,
173,
174,
175,
176,
177,
178
Afraid—The Street Scavengers—Farmacia di San Gennaro—Doctor Villari—Osteria dell’Allegria—Il Convento delle Sepolte Vive—The Patron Saint of the Eyes—Suora Ursula—The Abbess—Death’s Love Philtre
IX. Back to Paris -
179,
180,
181,
182,
183,
184,
185,
186,
187,
188,
189,
190,
191
My Friend Norstrom—On Women—More on Women—Mademoiselle Flopette
X. The Corpse-Conductor -
192,
193,
194,
195,
196,
197,
198,
199,
200,
201,
202,
203,
204,
205,
206,
207,
208,
209,
210
In Heidelberg—Off for a Holiday in Sweden—The Russian General—A Pleasant Journey—Between Colleagues—Visiting My Brother—My First Embalmment—The Last Time I Ever Went to a Funeral
XI. Madame Réquin -
211,
212,
213,
214
The Diamond Brooch
XII. The Giant -
215,
216,
217,
218,
219,
220,
221,
222
A Wedding Party—Au Violon—Two Collectors of Watches
XIII. Mamsell Agata -
223,
224,
225,
226,
227,
228,
229,
230,
231,
232
The Tyrant at Home—The Swedish Chaplain—Colonel Staaff—The Hero of Gravelotte
XIV. Vicomte Maurice -
233,
234,
235,
236,
237,
238,
239,
240,
241,
242,
243,
244,
245,
246,
247
Loulou Again—Talking with M. l’Abbé—Moonlight in Monte Carlo—Bois de St. Cloud—Always Luck—The Old Hat
XV. John -
248,
249,
250,
251,
252,
253,
254,
255,
256,
257,
258,
259,
260,
261,
262,
263,
264,
265,
266,
267,
268
Madame Réquin Again—The Blue-eyed Boy—Joséphine—Dismissing Mamsell Agata—The Mascot—Consultation in London—The Beautiful Lady—John’s Nurse—The Owner of the Diamond Brooch
XVI. A Journey to Sweden -
269,
270,
271,
272,
273,
274,
275
The Night Express to Cologne—Hamlet in Lund
XVII. Doctors -
276,
277,
278,
279,
280,
281,
282,
283,
284,
285,
286,
287,
288,
289,
290,
291,
292,
293,
294,
295
On Writing Bills—Reforming Society—Fees—Some Famous Doctors—Rest Cure in Switzerland—Spallanzani’s Experiment—Back in Paris
XVIII. La Salpêtrière -
296,
297,
298,
299,
300,
301,
302,
303,
304,
305,
306,
307,
308,
309,
310,
311,
312,
313
Guy de Maupassant—In the Coulisses of the Opera—St. Lazare and Maison Blanche—Charcot’s Tuesday Lectures—Geneviève—Post-hypnotic Suggestion—Failure
XIX. Hypnotism -
314,
315,
316,
317,
318,
319,
320,
321,
322
Hypnotic Suggestion—Dangers of Hypnotism
XX. Insomnia -
323,
324,
325,
326,
327,
328,
329,
330,
331,
332,
333,
334
Massage—Going to Pieces—The Doppelgänger
XXI. The Miracle of Sant’Antonio -
335,
336,
337,
338,
339,
340,
341,
342,
343,
344,
345,
346,
347,
348,
349
The Architect of San Michele—The Overseer—The Telegram—Good Friday—The Swedish Minister
XXII. Piazza di Spagna -
350,
351,
352,
353,
354,
355,
356,
357,
358,
359,
360,
361
In Keats’ House—Some of My Colleagues—Billy and his Master
XXIII. More Doctors -
362,
363,
364,
365,
366,
367,
368,
369,
370,
371,
372,
373,
374,
375,
376
Mrs. Jonathan—Signor Cornacchia’s Dilemma—The Perambulator—Another Fashionable Doctor—Death and Thereafter—The Nursing Home by Porta Pia—A Dangerous Rival
XXIV. Grand Hótel -
377,
378,
379,
380,
381,
382,
383,
384,
385,
386,
387,
388
The New Serum—The Cheque for £1,000—The Protestant Cemetery—The Pittsburgh Millionaire—Mrs. Charles Washington Perkins, Jr
XXV. The Little Sisters of the Poor -
389,
390,
391,
392,
393,
394,
395,
396,
397,
398,
399,
400,
401
Monsieur Alphonse—La Mère Générale—The Gargoyle of Notre Dame
XXVI. Miss Hall -
402,
403,
404,
405,
406,
407,
408,
409,
410,
411,
412,
413,
414,
415,
416,
417,
418,
419,
420,
421,
422,
423,
424,
425,
426,
427,
428,
429
Giovannina and Rosina—In Villa Borghese—From Miss Hall’s Diary—On Decorations—Messina—My Kind Host—The Mafia—Magna Graecia—Demeter—Mrs. Charles Washington Perkins, Jr., Again—Fräulein Frida and Aunt Sally—The Owl of Minerva—The Finest View in Rome
XXVII. Summer -
430,
431,
432,
433,
434,
435,
436,
437,
438,
439,
440,
441,
442,
443,
444,
445,
446,
447,
448,
449,
450,
451,
452,
453
Home Again—Inspecting San Michele—The Banquet—The Dream—The Great Adventure—While I Was Away—Billy—Don Giacinto Lying in State—The Secular Enemy—A Futurist Painter—Il Demonio
XXVIII. The Bird Sanctuary -
454,
455,
456,
457,
458,
459,
460,
461
The Protestants—The Devil’s Discovery—The Nets—The Wings of the Angels
XXIX. The Bambino -
462,
463,
464,
465
The Nursery in San Michele—That Night on Golgotha
XXX. The Festa di Sant’Antonio -
466,
467,
468,
469,
470,
471,
472,
473
Evviva il Santo! Evviva la Musica!—The Procession—Reception in San Michele—Serenata d’Addio
XXXI. The Regatta -
474,
475,
476,
477,
478,
479,
480,
481,
482,
483,
484,
485,
486,
487,
488,
489,
490,
491,
492
The Blue Ghrotto—Tiberius—Damecuta—Lord Dufferin’s Relation—The “Lady Victoria”—The Sailroom—The First of May—Old Pacciale
XXXII. The Beginning of the End -
493,
494,
495,
496,
497,
498
Schubert—Spring
In the old Tower -
499,
500,
501,
502,
503,
504,
505,
506,
507,
508,
509,
510,
511,
512,
513,
514,
515,
516,
517,
518,
519,
520,
521,
522,
523,
524,
525,
526,
527,
528,
529,
530
The Last Stand—The Golden Light—Il Canto del Sole—Wolf—The Eternal Sleeping Draught—Thanatos—Onwards! Upwards!—The Aged Archangel—The War—Il Poverello—Botticelli’s Madonna—Arcangelo Fusco’s Sunday Clothes—The Hall of Osiris—Habakkuk—The Bells of Assisi
I -
500,
501,
502,
503
II -
503,
504,
505,
506,
507
III -
507,
508,
509,
510,
511,
512,
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Publisher's advertisement -
532
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