La separazione : commedia in quattro atti by Paolo Ferrari

"The saga of Silver Bend" by J. E. Grinstead is a novel written in the early 20th century. From the opening, it reads as a social drama about a high-society couple managing a “discreet” separation while wrestling with reputation, the law, and the fate of their daughter. The focus falls on the composed yet wounded Contessa Eugenia, her calculating husband Count Leonardo, and the principled lawyer Rodolfo Corvini as gossip, money, and desire threaten to upend their carefully kept appearances. The opening of the work presents a late-19th-century Italian milieu where President Carenzi tries to reconcile Eugenia and Leonardo, whose split stems from his feigned business trip and a public sighting with another woman; the attempt collapses in a bitter scene, and a formal separation proceeds. At a mountain spa in Andorno, chattering guests spread rumors about the “separated” countess, the count’s elegant governess, and the ailing Marchesa Ernesta. Eugenia tends to Ernesta, who secretly confesses a past affair and a child hidden with a nurse nearby; a letter soon arrives announcing the child’s death. Corvini, Ernesta’s brother, confronts Leonardo and later refuses a duel, accusing him of violating family and honor. Meanwhile, Leonardo urges his daughter Clelia to please her mother to smooth a lucrative marriage proposal, sends the governess away, and confides to Eugenia his political and financial peril. Throughout this beginning, reputation, custody, and concealed guilt drive the characters toward choices that threaten the “saved appearances” they prize. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Ferrari, Paolo, 1822-1889
Title La separazione : commedia in quattro atti
Original Publication Milano: Treves, 1887.
Credits Barbara Magni (This file was produced from images made available by The Internet Archive)
Language Italian
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Comedy plays
Subject Italian drama -- 19th century
Category Text
EBook-No. 77492
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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