The Italian, Volume 1 (of 3) : or, the confessional of the Black Penitents
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"The Italian, Volume 1 (of 3): or, the confessional of the Black Penitents" by Ann Radcliffe is a Gothic novel published in 1796. When young Vivaldi falls for the beautiful but poor Ellena, his aristocratic mother enlists her sinister confessor, Father Schedoni, to destroy the match. What follows is a dark tale of kidnapping, disguise, and persecution set against the backdrop of the Inquisition, where mysterious monks issue warnings, convents imprison innocents,
and shocking secrets threaten to surface in shadowy confessionals. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Italian, Volume 1 (of 3) : or, the confessional of the Black Penitents |
| Original Publication | United Kingdom: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1797. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_(Radcliffe_novel) |
| Credits | Delphine Lettau and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at pgdpcanada.net from images generously made available by Internet Archive/European Libraries |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 59.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Horror tales |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Gothic fiction |
| Subject | Kidnapping -- Fiction |
| Subject | Inquisition -- Fiction |
| Subject | Naples (Italy) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Monks -- Italy -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 74643 |
| Release Date | Oct 27, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 604 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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