Cristina
By Matilde Serao
Cover: Terrasse à Sorrente, dans le golfe de Naples, 1826 - Sylvestre Chtchedrine - Musée du Louvre Peintures RF 1986 71 by Sylvester Shchedrin · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Picking basil on a sunny terrace, the young Cristina hears a soft whistle from behind a neighbour's house, and a quiet courtship begins. A short novel in three chapters by Matilde Serao, followed by her story Sacrilegio.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.