La moglie di Sua Eccellenza

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La moglie di Sua Eccellenza

by Gerolamo Rovetta

IT·~11 hours·1 chapter

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1 total

GEROLAMO ROVETTA

11:49:07

Description

A stormy Alpine morning finds the flamboyant baron Marco Danova arguing with the nervous hotel manager, Trüb, over a relentless downpour that threatens to ruin the arrival of a coveted Italian family. Their banter, rich with absurd weather metaphors and colorful insults, paints a vivid picture of a resort teetering between chaos and hospitality, while the surrounding peaks loom like silent witnesses to their theatrical exchange.

Amid the rain‑soaked terrace, the baron’s craving for a grand household—eight gentlemen, ten servants, and a sprawling suite—reveals a deeper obsession with status and control. Trüb, ever the opportunist, assures the baron that luck favors his guests, hinting at a tangled web of promises and hidden agendas.

As the clouds thicken, the tension between ambition and reality builds, inviting listeners into a witty, satirical world where every forecast carries a ripple of intrigue, and the promise of a new family could overturn the fragile balance of this Alpine enclave.

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it

Duration

~11 hours (680K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Carlo Traverso, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

Dec 24, 2016

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Gerolamo Rovetta

Gerolamo Rovetta

1854–1910

A bestselling Italian novelist and playwright, he wrote vivid stories about the pressures, ambitions, and hypocrisies of modern life in late 19th-century Italy. His work often blended sharp social observation with a strong feel for the stage.

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