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Candaule

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The narrative unfolds in a fashionable social club where an ostentatious nobleman’s boast about possessing the most beautiful person in the world prompts a young artist to propose a wager and a public comparison. Drunken pride and teasing camaraderie turn the scene into an embarrassing spectacle until a composed stranger objects to the indecency and calms the group. The episode exposes social vanity, competitive masculinity, and the fragile decorum of the company, and follows the immediate fallout as participants disperse, leaving tensions and uneasy reflections about dignity and reputation.

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Title: Candaule

Author: Roberto Sacchetti

Release date: June 6, 2023 [eBook #70925]

Language: Italian

Original publication: Italy: Treves, 1879

Credits: Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

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CANDAULE


CANDAULE

VIGILIA DI NOZZE
RICCARDO IL TIRANNO
DA UNO SPIRAGLIO

RACCONTI

DI

ROBERTO SACCHETTI

MILANO
FRATELLI TREVES, EDITORI
1879.


PROPRIETÀ LETTERARIA.

Tip. Treves.