The Story of San Michele

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A book of memoirs by Swedish physician Axel Munthe (1857-1949) comprising a series of overlapping vignettes, some semi-fictionalized, portraying both people and animals. He associated with a number of celebrities, including Jean-Martin Charcot, Louis Pasteur, Henry James, and Guy de Maupassant, all of whom feature in the book. He also encountered the poorest of people, including Italian immigrants in Paris and plague victims in Naples, as well as rural people such as the residents of Capri, and the Nordic Lapplanders