
NELLA NEBBIA NOVELLE
INUTILE!...
VECCHIONI INCREDULI.
INTUIZIONI OSCURE.
UN DESINARE.
NELLA BUONA SOCIETÀ.
IL PRIMO INCONTRO COL MOSTRO.
LA CRISTINA.
AL PIANOFORTE.
UNA BALLERINA.
A diary‑like voice opens the story, a mother pouring out the tangled feelings that rise whenever her son returns home. She watches his youthful joy and, while she claims to have given everything, she can’t hide a sharp sting of jealousy when he falls for a woman she despises. The narrative drifts through her memories of his childhood, her own sacrifices, and the quiet desperation that accompanies each affectionate letter he sends.
Set against the backdrop of late‑nineteenth‑century Milan, her confessions reveal a woman caught between duty and desire, trying to reclaim a sense of purpose as her world narrows. She teeters between self‑reproach and resolve, planning a visit to a distant relative and contemplating new distractions. The early pages paint a vivid portrait of a family whose love is as fragile as the fog that hangs over the city, inviting listeners to linger in the intimate, conflicted heart of a mother’s love.
Language
it
Duration
~2 hours (170K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by 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
2019-09-29
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1839–1923
An Italian novelist and journalist writing under a male pen name, she became known for stories that looked closely at women’s lives, work, and social pressures in late 19th-century Italy. Her fiction often blends emotional insight with a sharp eye for everyday reality.
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