Jean Webster

The Wheat Princess Jean Webster

The Wheat Princess, by Jean Webster, depicts life in Italy of the 1800's and early 1900's, where pauperism and affluence resided side by side. During a semester spent in Europe, with Italy as her base, Webster did some research for her thesis titled "Pauperism in Italy." She documented her travels in a column with the Poughkeepsie Sunday Courier and also put together materials for a short story, "Villa Gianini". She later expanded Villa Gianini into a novel, The wheat Princess. The plot is authentic; the descriptions breathtaking and the romance right on point.