
I ROMANZI DELLA ROSA - L'INNOCENTE
L'INNOCENTE.
I ROMANZI DELLA ROSA:
I ROMANZI DEL GIGLIO:
I ROMANZI DEL MELAGRANO:
POESIE:
MISTERI:
DRAMI:
I ROMANZI DELLA ROSA - L'INNOCENTE
MILANO
A tormented aristocrat sits before an unseen judge, confessing a crime that has defined his existence. His voice is calm, almost clinical, as he recounts the calculated murder he committed at home and the weight of a secret he has carried for a year. The opening pulls listeners into a claustrophobic world where legal judgment seems irrelevant to his own moral reckoning.
The narrative then slides back to a sun‑drenched provincial villa, where the same man once celebrated a quiet Easter with his wife Giuliana and their two young daughters. Beneath the idyllic scene lies a widening chasm: infidelities, bitter duels, and a relentless pursuit of pleasure have eroded the foundations of his marriage. Through vivid, almost tactile description, we feel the perfume of violets, the coldness of an olive branch placed on a bed, and the growing alienation that drives him toward ruin.
Laced with lyrical prose and a relentless introspection, the story explores how self‑justification clashes with conscience. Listeners are invited to navigate the thin line between refined elegance and moral decay, sharing the narrator’s uneasy journey toward an inevitable confession.
Language
it
Duration
~8 hours (484K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2007-09-16
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1863–1938
A dazzling and controversial voice of Italian Decadence, this poet and novelist wrote with lush intensity and turned his own life into a kind of performance. His work moves between beauty, desire, patriotism, and spectacle, making him one of the most unforgettable figures in modern Italian literature.
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