Vae victis! Romanzo by Annie Vivanti

"Vae victis! Romanzo" by Annie Vivanti is a novel written in 1917. Set in a Belgian village during the German invasion of World War I, the story follows three women—a young mother, her ten-year-old daughter, and eighteen-year-old sister-in-law—who face brutal violence when enemy soldiers storm their home. After escaping to England, the survivors must confront devastating consequences and impossible choices. The novel explores themes of trauma, sacrifice, and compassion that transcend national boundaries, offering a feminine perspective on war's most harrowing human costs. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Vivanti, Annie, 1866-1942
Title Vae victis! Romanzo
Note Wikipedia page about this book: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vae_victis!_(romanzo)
Credits Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Reading Level Reading ease score: 58.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language Italian
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 38259
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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