num_pages: 138
description: During the Feast of the Ascension, a young English girl visiting Italy meets, allows herself to be seduced by, and falls in love with a middleaged architect separated from his wife
language: English
title: The Evening of the Holiday
titlecomplete: The Evening of the Holiday (A King Penguin)
genres: Fiction, Italy, Australia, Romance, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Novella, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 920
publisher: Penguin Books