Project Gutenberg 2010-11-30 Public domain in the USA. 114 Colombi, marchesa 1840 1920 Torelli-Viollier, Maria Antonietta Torriani Colombi, la Marchesa Cara Speranza Produced by Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Cara Speranza" by Marchesa Colombi is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Amalia, a country girl who begins working as a servant in a new household. The book explores themes of love, hope, and societal expectations as Amalia, despite her humble background, harbors dreams of marrying her beloved soldier, the "bersagliere," and finds herself navigating the complexities of life and relationships in her new environment. The opening of the novel introduces Amalia as she arrives for an interview to become a maid, highlighting her rustic nature and the cultural clash between her rural upbringing and the more refined world she is entering. Despite her lack of experience with household duties, she is determined to learn and expresses her unwavering love for her soldier, who is stationed abroad. As she settles into her role, her earnestness and hopes for the future shine through, but the narrative hints at the challenges she faces, including societal judgments and personal sacrifices, setting the stage for the emotional journey that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 45.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Fiction PQ Text IT Racconti Category: Novels 201050 2025-08-14T07:01:01.678397 text/html 198691 2010-11-30T10:12:10 text/html 149056 2025-08-14T07:01:07.211331 application/epub+zip 148064 2025-08-14T07:01:03.580356 application/epub+zip 148064 2025-08-14T07:01:02.392391 application/epub+zip 262958 2025-08-14T07:01:09.908362 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240969 2025-08-14T07:01:06.443456 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 210521 2022-09-16T03:37:08.931953 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 178192 2025-08-14T07:01:01.153473 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 176912 2010-11-30T10:12:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18242 2025-08-14T07:01:10.033321 application/rdf+xml 11698 2025-08-14T07:01:02.897461 image/jpeg 3388 2025-08-14T07:01:02.644508 image/jpeg 68642 2010-11-30T10:12:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 74049 2010-11-30T10:12:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 138051 2025-08-14T07:01:01.697383 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