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Marianela

Chapter 34: A Whimsical Wooing
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The narrative follows Nela, an impoverished orphan who guides and comforts a blind young man whose affection elevates her place in his inner world. A compassionate physician proposes and effects the restoration of sight, and the arrival of visible beauty and social expectations reshapes relationships: the once-blind man’s perceptions and attachments shift, leaving Nela exposed to rejection and despair. Set in a rural mining district, the story contrasts inner worth with outward appearance, examines social inequality and the ethical weight of medical intervention, and moves from pastoral tenderness to a quietly devastating, tragic resolution.

A Whimsical Wooing

BY

ANTON GIULIO BARRILI

Author of "The Eleventh Commandment."

From the Italian by CLARA BELL


"Some months ago we had occasion to praise a pleasant novel of modern Italian life by the author of the above story. The present is not less deserving of praise. It is just the very thing to play as an afterpiece. Cast into purely dramatic form indeed, without any change at all—it would form a sparkling little comedietta for a private theatrical party. The little volume is most charming; it is very brief, but every line sparkles; and we find it all too short."—Toronto Mail.

"'A Whimsical Wooing' is the richly-expressive title under which 'Clara Bell' introduces a cleverly-narrated episode by Anton Guilio Barrili to American readers. It is a sketch of Italian life, at once rich and strong, but nevertheless discreet in sentiment and graceful in diction. It is the old story of the fallacy of trusting to a proxy in love matters."—Boston Post.


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