Publisher's Synopsis
Francesca Da Rimini is a tragic love story written by Gabriele D'Annunzio. The story is set in the 13th century and revolves around the love affair between Francesca, a beautiful and intelligent woman, and Paolo, her brother-in-law. The two fall deeply in love, but their relationship is forbidden and leads to a tragic end.The story is told through the eyes of the narrator, who is a visitor to Rimini and becomes fascinated by the story of Francesca and Paolo. The narrator becomes obsessed with the couple and their doomed love affair, which ultimately leads to their deaths.The novel is written in a poetic and lyrical style, with vivid descriptions of the characters, the setting, and the emotions they experience. D'Annunzio's use of language is both beautiful and haunting, and he captures the essence of the tragic love story with great sensitivity and depth.Francesca Da Rimini is a classic novel of Italian literature and has been adapted into various forms of art, including operas, plays, and films. It is a timeless tale of forbidden love, betrayal, and tragedy that continues to captivate readers today.1902. From the Introduction: Francesca da Rimini was acted for the first time at Rome, by Eleonora Duse and her company, on December 9, 1901. Has there, since Hernani, been such a battle over a play in verse? The performance lasted five hours, and many of the speeches were inaudible on account of the noise in the theatre. Since then the play has been freely cut, it has been acted with the greatest success in the chief cities of Italy, and has raised more discussion than any play in verse of this century. The translation which follows has been made from the unabridged text. The play is written in blank verse, but blank verse so varied as to be almost a kind of vers libre. This form of blank verse is not new in Italian. It is to be found in the pastoral tragedies of the Renaissance in Tasso�������s Aminta, in Guarino�������s Pastor Fido. We need only open Leopardi to see almost exactly the same structure of verse.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
