
LA CITTÀ DELL’ORO.
I. Yaruri.
II. La leggenda dell’Eldorado.
III. Una fuga misteriosa.
IV. L’Orenoco.
V. Un fuoco sospetto.
VI. I mangiatori di terra.
VII. La caccia al «Jacaré».
VIII. Le testuggini dell’Orenoco.
IX. Una freccia mortale.
In the humid heart of the Amazon, two cousins trek through tangled foliage, their rifles poised as the forest hums with unseen life. The narrative thrusts listeners into a vivid jungle tableau—chirping mico monkeys, bright‑winged canindè parrots, and the roar of the mighty Orenoco river—all while tension builds around a lurking jaguar whose amber‑spotted silhouette slides between the trees.
When the beast finally appears, the scene erupts into frantic gunfire and a desperate scramble for survival. An unexpected ally, a stoic indigenous warrior wielding a massive iron‑wood mace, intervenes with decisive force, turning the tide in a heartbeat. The episode blends raw wilderness danger with a flash of cultural encounter, setting the stage for further adventures that promise both peril and discovery. Listeners will feel the heat, hear the animal calls, and share the cousins’ pulse‑quickening brush with death.
Language
it
Duration
~5 hours (290K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Milano: Treves, 1898.
Credits
Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2024-04-05
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1862–1911
Best known for creating Sandokan and other larger-than-life heroes, this Italian novelist filled his stories with pirates, jungles, and faraway seas. His books helped shape the classic adventure tale and still carry the energy of old-fashioned page-turners.
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