Project Gutenberg 2010-10-10 Public domain in the USA. 271 Painter, William 1539 1594 Paynter, William Haslewood, Joseph 1769 1833 Jacobs, Joseph 1854 1916 The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 2 Produced by Louise Hope, Meredith Bach, Chris Curnow, Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 2" by William Painter is a collection of translated Italian and French novellas written in the late 19th century. This volume compiles a series of romantic and often adventurous tales that explore themes of love, betrayal, and morality, reflecting the complexities of human relationships. Each story draws from various historical and literary sources, engaging with characters that find themselves entangled in various circumstances of desire and misfortune. The opening of the book introduces the character of Galgano, a young gentleman from Siena who is infatuated with Madonna Minoccia, the wife of a knight, Sir Stricca. Despite his carefully orchestrated attempts to win her love—ranging from grand displays of affection to sending gifts—Minoccia remains indifferent. In a twist of fate, however, she eventually sends for Galgano while her husband is away, leading to a conflict when Galgano refuses her advances out of loyalty to her husband, which showcases themes of honor and the complexities of love. This opening sets a tone of dramatic tension as it hints at the conflicting desires and moral dilemmas faced by the characters throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/34053/34053-h/images/vol2title.jpg Reading ease score: 48.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en French fiction -- Translations into English Italian fiction -- Translations into English PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: Romance 1030449 2025-08-14T04:41:47.586039 text/html 1037086 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/html 495392 2025-08-14T04:41:56.490987 application/epub+zip 506815 2025-08-14T04:41:49.274032 application/epub+zip 506011 2025-08-14T04:41:48.505997 application/epub+zip 822050 2025-08-14T04:42:02.633938 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 761029 2025-08-14T04:41:55.816987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 760141 2022-09-15T13:21:18.517750 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 981346 2025-08-14T04:41:46.713067 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 981104 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 977221 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 977268 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23706 2025-08-14T04:42:02.783948 application/rdf+xml 9248 2025-08-14T04:41:48.613997 image/jpeg 1977 2025-08-14T04:41:48.549991 image/jpeg 367281 2021-01-07T01:43:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 366655 2021-01-07T01:43:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 476760 2021-01-07T01:43:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 365931 2021-01-07T01:43:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 477011 2025-08-14T04:41:47.678999 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia