Le Amanti by Matilde Serao
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"Le Amanti" by Matilde Serao is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story explores the passionate but complicated relationship between its main characters, Grazia and Ferrante, highlighting themes of love, longing, and the constraints imposed by society. Both characters navigate intense emotions and the trepidation of having their love exposed to the outside world. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Grazia, who experiences a deep,
feverish longing for the absent Ferrante. In her solitary room, she grapples with her feelings, alternating between moments of fervent passion and crippling anxiety. The narrative deftly captures her inner turmoil as she is consumed by thoughts of love, her desires reflected in the physical sensations of warmth and tranquility that elude her in reality. Meanwhile, Ferrante is depicted as a strong but tormented soul, whose prior life and experiences weigh heavily on him, yet his connection with Grazia ignites an overwhelming, desperate yearning. The beginning sets the stage for their tumultuous love story, tinged with the threat of societal disapproval and personal conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Serao, Matilde, 1856-1927 |
|---|---|
| Title | Le Amanti |
| Credits | Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense - Milano at www.braidense.it/dire.html) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 45.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Italian |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 17909 |
| Release Date | Mar 4, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 244 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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