Maud Marian, artist : or, The Studio Mariano by Eglanton Thorne
"Maud Marian, artist" by Eglanton Thorne is a novel written in the late 19th century. It centers on a headstrong heiress determined to become an artist in Rome, contrasted with her modest cousin Enid Mildmay, whose quieter talent begins to shine. Around them gather a principled suitor, Sidney Althorp, a charming banker’s son, Julius Dakin, and a circle of artists that pits fashion and vanity against genuine work and character. The opening
of the story shows Maud insisting on a Roman winter for “Art,” despite her father’s loneliness and Sidney’s gentle appeal to duty; she wins permission on condition she take a companion. In Devonport, Dr. Mildmay receives the invitation for Enid, whose delicate mother encourages her art and language study; soon Enid travels to Rome full of wonder. On her first afternoon she is awed by the Colosseum and, impulsively, strikes up a brief, respectful exchange with Julius; meanwhile Maud secures a showy studio in the Via Sistina and basks in Roman society. At the studio’s inauguration, the blunt master Herr Schmitz publicly dismantles Maud’s work but unexpectedly praises Enid’s careful blackberry study, pricking Maud’s pride and straining the cousins before they patch things over. Enid begins Italian lessons with the gentle Adela Ravani, befriends the solitary but gifted watercolourist Miss Strutt, and, alongside Maud and Julius, steps into the Anglo-Roman world where taste, talent, and temperament begin to sort themselves. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Thorne, Eglanton, 1852-1907 |
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| Title | Maud Marian, artist : or, The Studio Mariano |
| Original Publication | London: The Religious Tract Society, 1894. |
| Series Title | The girl's own bookshelf |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Christian life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Young women -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | British -- Italy -- Rome -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77861 |
| Release Date | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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