Vittoria Accoramboni by Stendhal

"Vittoria Accoramboni" by Stendhal is a chronicle published in 1837. Based on Italian manuscripts discovered in 1833, this work recounts the true story of a beautiful noblewoman in sixteenth-century Italy whose life becomes entangled with murder, powerful families, and forbidden love. When Vittoria's husband is assassinated and she marries the suspected mastermind—a wealthy duke—their union sparks outrage and forces them to flee. The tale follows passion, intrigue, and violence through Rome, Venice, and Padua, culminating in a deadly struggle over inheritance and revenge. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Stendhal, 1783-1842
Title Vittoria Accoramboni
Note Wikipedia page about this book: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittoria_Accoramboni_(Stendhal)
Credits Produced by Tokuya Matsumoto
Reading Level Reading ease score: 53.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Italy -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 802
Release Date
Last Update Oct 5, 2013
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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