Capri, perhaps the librarian’s next destination? For all the romantic notions associated with the isle of Capri it’s ironic that its name derives from the Latin word capreae meaning “goats.” Nonetheless it has been the haunt of many great authors and artists. John Singer Sargent painted the fauna here (aka the local inhabitants.) And Somerset Maugham used Capri as the setting for his famous story, The Lotus Eater (1945) about a a Boston man who goes on holiday to Capri and never comes back. (Check Maugham’s writing out by the way). And of course Norman Douglas wrote his famous novel, South Wind here accurately describing both Capri’s visitors and its residents and all they were up to. So if if have a week or two take a boat on out to the island that has fascinated people since ancient times. It’s a beautiful ride across the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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