Project Gutenberg 2009-05-21 Public domain in the USA. 270 Rovetta, Gerolamo 1854 1910 Mater dolorosa Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Mater dolorosa" by Gerolamo Rovetta is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins with the duchess Maria d'Eleda embarking on a journey to Palermo with her husband, the duke Prospero Anatolio. However, the emotional turmoil she faces suggests deeper themes of love, societal pressures, and personal sacrifice, particularly as Maria grapples with her feelings for another man, the count Giorgio Della Valle. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the emotional landscape of Maria and her husband during their departure. While the duke expresses his sorrow for leaving his children behind, Maria remains composed on the surface, though she internally battles her anguish and fears. Through vivid descriptions and interactions, the author sets a stage for the conflicts that arise from societal expectations and personal desires, highlighting Maria's struggle between her duties as a wife and her feelings towards Giorgio. This opening not only establishes the main characters but also hints at the complexities of their relationships that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Italian fiction -- 19th century PQ Text IT Romanzi Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 894089 2025-06-12T05:12:05.375597 text/html 893910 2025-01-12T05:05:17.358848 text/html 402136 2025-06-12T05:12:16.363515 application/epub+zip 415875 2025-06-12T05:12:07.686564 application/epub+zip 415875 2025-06-12T05:12:06.300581 application/epub+zip 710710 2025-06-12T05:12:23.395486 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 654796 2025-06-12T05:12:15.483595 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 616338 2022-09-13T12:11:29.100744 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 828107 2025-06-12T05:12:04.737573 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 822136 2021-01-05T03:38:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 315591 2021-01-05T03:38:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 17635 2025-06-12T05:12:23.555490 application/rdf+xml 12039 2025-06-12T05:12:06.864560 image/jpeg 3142 2025-06-12T05:12:06.578578 image/jpeg 395115 2025-06-12T05:12:05.462569 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog it.wikipedia en.wikipedia