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Le Novelle della Pescara

By Gabriele D'Annunzio

Cover of Le Novelle della Pescara

Cover: Shepherdesses from Abruzzo (unknown date), by Francesco Paolo Michetti by Francesco Paolo Michetti (1851-1929) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Eighteen stories of the Abruzzo coast and countryside around Pescara, from the lives of two devout sisters, Orsola and Anna, to feuding village idolaters, a ferryman, a ship's surgeon and the wanderer Turlendana. D'Annunzio's early tales are violent, sensual and steeped in local belief.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: La Vergine Orsola
  2. 2: La Vergine Anna
  3. 3: Gli Idolatri
  4. 4: L'eroe
  5. 5: La Veglia Funebre
  6. 6: La Contessa D'amalfi
  7. 7: La Morte del Duca D'ofena
  8. 8: Il Traghettatore
  9. 9: Agonia
  10. 10: La Fine di Candia
  11. 11: La Fattura
  12. 12: Marenghi
  13. 13: La Madia
  14. 14: Mungià
  15. 15: La Guerra del Ponte
  16. 16: Turlendana Ritorna
  17. 17: Turlendana Ebro
  18. 18: Il Cerusico di Mare