
GEROLAMO ROVETTA
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.
Language
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
2016-12-24
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1854–1910
A bestselling Italian novelist and playwright, he turned the tensions of late 19th-century society into lively fiction and popular stage drama. His work mixed social observation with strong storytelling, helping make him a familiar literary name in Milan and beyond.
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