Memorie del Presbiterio: Scene di Provincia

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Memorie del Presbiterio: Scene di Provincia

by Emilio Praga

IT·~7 hours·35 chapters

Chapters

35 total

EMILIO PRAGA - MEMORIE DEL PRESBITERIO - SCENE DI PROVINCIA - TORINO - F. CASANOVA. LIBRAIO—EDITORE

0:09

AD ANTONIO GALATEO - AMICO MIO,

2:14

ROBERTO SACCHETTI - LE MEMORIE DEL PRESBITERIO

0:06

I.

2:16

II.

5:06

III.

10:38

IV.

9:52

V.

12:24

VI.

8:45

VII.

10:54
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Description

A wandering narrator invites listeners into the quiet folds of an Alpine village, where a modest presbytery stands beside a bustling pharmacy and the town hall. The prose moves between vivid sketches of snow‑capped peaks and the intimate rhythms of daily life, offering a blend of poetry and memoir that feels both personal and communal.

Among the inhabitants are a weary priest whose sermons echo through stone corridors, a pragmatic doctor, and a mayor whose ambitions clash with the town’s slow pace. As the narrator carries a painter’s satchel and an unseen angel’s guidance, he records fleeting moments of laughter, loss, and the stubborn hope that colors even the most ordinary conversations.

The work remains a patchwork, completed by friends after the original author’s untimely departure, which lends the story a layered texture of reverence and improvisation. Listeners will hear a delicate balance of lyrical description and heartfelt reflection, a portrait of provincial life that lingers long after the final line.

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Language

it

Duration

~7 hours (419K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

Oct 5, 2004

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Emilio Praga

Emilio Praga

1839–1875

A restless voice of Milan’s bohemian world, this Italian poet, painter, and librettist helped shape the rebellious spirit of the Scapigliatura movement. His work mixes beauty, unease, and sharp modern feeling in a way that still feels striking today.

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