Isabella Orsini: A Historical Novel of the Fifteenth Century by Guerrazzi
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"Isabella Orsini: A Historical Novel of the Fifteenth Century" by F. D. Guerrazzi is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The story is focused on Isabella Orsini, a young and beautiful woman embroiled in a web of guilt and passion, navigating the complexities of love, honor, and betrayal in a tumultuous period marked by intense familial and romantic entanglements. The opening of the novel introduces a deeply troubled Isabella, tormented
by her feelings of guilt as she grapples with her passion and the consequences of her actions. In a moment of desperation, she prays fervently before a painting of the Madonna, expressing her inner turmoil and longing for forgiveness. As she wrestles with her emotions, a knight named Lelio enters, indicating a significant connection between their fates. Their encounter is charged with tension, revealing the dangerous implications of their love amidst the backdrop of noble expectations and societal constraints. The stage is set for a dramatic exploration of the characters’ intertwined destinies and the societal pressures that threaten to destroy them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico, 1804-1873 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Monti, Luigi, 1830-1914 |
| Title | Isabella Orsini: A Historical Novel of the Fifteenth Century |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Shaun Pinder, Mary Akers, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Medici, Isabella Romola de', 1542-1576 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 46967 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-46967-6 |
| Release Date | Sep 25, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 820 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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