Anno/Year 2026
126 pagine/pages
45 illustrazioni/illustrations.
13x20 cm.
ISBN 978-88-3384-265-3
€17.00
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover
On several occasions, D.H. Lawrence, in his continuous travels, alone or with his wife Frieda, stayed in Florence. Here he wrote poems that were later included in Birds, Beasts and Flowers. Here he set the most beautiful pages of The Rod of Aaron. But above all, here he wrote Lady Chatterley’s Lover. He wrote it in the hills, at Villa Mirenda, where the Lawrences lived, between one escape and another, for two whole years. It was a tormented work, set aside, then taken up again. Written in the woods, under the pine trees, among the swarming lizards and nightingales that “seem to enjoy turning the pages.” What he himself describes as “the most indecent novel ever written” is rejected by everyone. It is his friend, the bookseller Pino Orioli, who directs him to the florentine Giuntina printing house to publish it privately. The bitterness is soothed by the harmony that L. finally finds in flowery Tuscany: that harmony he so longed for between nature and man’s work; the rhythm of the seasons marked by the farmer who loves his land and the palette of colors of the flowers. Lawrence is ecstatic: “The country is truly the most verdant I have ever known, and I feel I know not what consolation.” It almost seems that Florence can appease his indomitable vocation for escape. Unfortunately, it will be the worsening of his illness that will push him elsewhere this time.
D.H. Lawrence wrote Lady Chatterley’s Lover under the pine trees on a hill near Florence. His wife Frieda Von Richthofen recounts their arrival at Villa Mirenda in April 1926:
“We passed two cypresses and went to the left on a small, little used road. On the top of one of those Tuscan little hills stood a villa. My heart went out to it. I wanted that villa.”
Frieda Von Richthofen
Not I, but the Wind
Nicoletta Manetti dopo aver svolto per ventisette anni la professione di avvocato, si è dedicata totalmente alla scrittura. Oltre a pubblicazioni in antologie (come La scia nera a cura di Marco Vichi per TEA); ha curato l’antologia Le sconfinate - da Antigone ad Amy Winehouse (Carmignani, 2022) e Le immaginate (Il Foglio Letterario, 2023). Ha pubblicato articoli in varie riviste tra cui “L’Area di Broca” a cura di Mariella Bettarini, la rivista on-line “La Recherche”, sul sito www.poetipoesia.com, “Toscana Nuova” e l’“Antologia Vieusseux” di Firenze. Con l’editore Angelo Pontecorboli ha pubblicato: Anja e Dostoevskij a Firenze nel 2022, D.H. Lawrence e Frieda a Firenze - L’amante di Lady Chatterley nel 2023 e Gertrude Stein e Alice B. Toklas a Firenze nel 2024. La biografia Mamma Ada, nel 2024, per il “Mama Ada Center” in India. Il romanzo storico Io, Beatrice Cenci - una ragazza romana, 2024, è tra i vincitori del premio Città di Firenze 2024. Nel 2025 ha pubblicato Grifoni d’Europa, insieme a Alessandra Oddi Baglioni e Hans Christian Andersen a Firenze.
After working as a lawyer for twenty-seven years, Nicoletta Manetti has now devoted herself entirely to writing. In addition to publications in anthologies (such as La scia nera edited by Marco Vichi for TEA), she has edited the anthologies Le sconfinate - da Antigone ad Amy Winehouse (Carmignani, 2022) and Le immaginate (Il Foglio Letterario, 2023). She has published articles in various magazines, including “L’Area di Broca” edited by Mariella Bettarini, the online magazine “La Recherche”, on the website www.poetipoesia.com, “Toscana Nuova”, and the “Antologia Vieusseux” in Florence. With publisher Angelo Pontecorboli, she has published: Anja e Dostoevskij a Firenze (Anja and Dostoevsky in Florence) in 2022, D.H. Lawrence e Frieda a Firenze - L’amante di Lady Chatterley (D.H. Lawrence and Frieda in Florence - Lady Chatterley’s Lover) in 2023, and Gertrude Stein e Alice B. Toklas a Firenze (Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in Florence) in 2024. The biography Mamma Ada, in 2024, for the “Mama Ada Center” in India. The historical novel Io, Beatrice Cenci - una ragazza romana (I, Beatrice Cenci - a Roman girl), 2024, is among the winners of the 2024 City of Florence Award. In 2025, she published Grifoni d’Europa (Griffins of Europe), written with Alessandra Oddi Baglioni and Hans Christian Andersen a Firenze - Il Porcellino di bronzo (Hans Christian Andersen in Florence - The Bronze Piglet).
