Mastr'Impicca by Vittorio Imbriani
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"Mastr'Impicca" by Vittorio Imbriani is a satirical fairy tale written in 1874. When Princess Rosmunda is kidnapped by three grotesque neighboring kings during a hunting trip, the young officer Sennacheribbo Esposito rushes to rescue her. After hanging the royal criminals, he faces imprisonment for his actions, sparking a memorable trial that tests justice against protocol. Imbriani transforms traditional fairy tale structure into biting social commentary on Italian institutions and political incompetence. (This
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| Author | Imbriani, Vittorio, 1840-1886 |
|---|---|
| Title | Mastr'Impicca |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastr%27Impicca |
| Credits |
Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 34.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Italian |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 34519 |
| Release Date | Nov 30, 2010 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 312 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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