The adventures of Allegra Fullerton; or, A memoir of startling and amusing episodes from itinerant life

"In The Adventures of Allegra Fullerton, Begiebing conjures the voice and perspective of a young widow in the early nineteenth century, struggling toward independence and artistic fulfillment in a society unprepared to grant either to a woman. From her "stalking" by a powerful and dissolute young industrialist to her friendship with Transcendentalist Margaret Fuller, another independent-minded woman; from her artistic awakening in Italy, influenced by, among others, a young John Ruskin, to her re-awakened passion as a woman, Allegra Fullerton narrates her story in a voice that is wry, wise, b…