Giacomo Puccini
Author: first_name: Wakeling
last_name: Dry
Language: English
Year: 1906

This biography of Puccini was written while the composer was at the height of his career. Besides the usual biographical information, the author summarizes and discusses Puccini's works to this point, including Le Villi, Edgar, Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly (which was in production at the time of this writing).
 - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi