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Il secolo che muore, vol. III

Chapter 1: IL SECOLO CHE MUORE
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The volume resumes the narrative by revealing the fates of previously introduced figures and by adding new, vividly sketched characters whose comic grotesqueness exposes social pretensions. A lengthy, satirical portrait of a vain, carefully groomed man charts his rise from petty thefts and opportunism to public office, revealing ambition, hypocrisy, and self-styled respectability. Interleaved are scenes of private anxieties, domestic attachments, and moral hesitation that complicate decisions and bring earlier threads to a painful, reflective resolution, blending mordant humor with social critique.

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Title: Il secolo che muore, vol. III

Author: Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi

Release date: May 23, 2013 [eBook #42777]
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Language: Italian

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IL SECOLO CHE MUORE, VOL. III ***

F. D. GUERRAZZI

IL SECOLO
CHE
MUORE


VOLUME III.


ROMA
Casa Editrice Carlo Verdesi e C.
Via del Mortaro, 17

1885


PROPRIETÀ LETTERARIA

Roma, Tipografia Nazionale.


INDICE DEL TERZO VOLUME.

Capitolo XV. Pag. 7
Capitolo XVI. 57
Capitolo XVII. 103
Capitolo XVIII. 249
Capitolo XIX. 349