Project Gutenberg 2014-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 248 Rovetta, Gerolamo 1854 1910 I Barbarò: Le lagrime del prossimo. vol. 1 Produced by Giovanni Fini, Carlo Traverso 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) "I Barbarò: Le lagrime del prossimo. vol. 1" by Gerolamo Rovetta is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Pompeo Barbetta, a young man of modest background who navigates life in Milan amidst his aspirations, avarice, and the harsh realities of societal hierarchy. The book delves into themes of class disparity, ambitions for wealth, and personal struggle, making it a compelling read for those interested in character-driven narratives. The opening of the novel introduces us to the foggy streets of Milan on a cold January morning. Pompeo, a young man around twenty, is depicted as somewhat idle and privileged, the only son of a cook. His complacent existence is disrupted when he witnesses the arrest of an honest jeweler, an event that catalyzes a shift in his perspective on wealth and morality. As he contemplates the societal structure that allows dishonest individuals to thrive, Pompeo grapples with new ambitions for financial success. This turmoil sets the stage for his developing character as he begins to explore various methods to acquire wealth, painting a vivid picture of a young man's struggle against the injustices he perceives in his world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 44.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Italian fiction PQ Text IT Romanzi Category: Novels 695720 2025-07-18T17:25:33.548424 text/html 692938 2024-10-24T10:23:40 text/html 316680 2025-07-18T17:25:41.983402 application/epub+zip 326363 2025-07-18T17:25:34.866465 application/epub+zip 317773 2025-07-18T17:25:34.220446 application/epub+zip 543549 2025-07-18T17:25:47.440378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472605 2025-07-18T17:25:41.275440 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464287 2022-09-21T09:00:12.978719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 638580 2025-07-18T17:25:32.604493 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 618619 2024-10-24T10:23:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16881 2025-07-18T17:25:47.576372 application/rdf+xml 17762 2025-07-18T17:25:34.308453 image/jpeg 3042 2025-07-18T17:25:34.266418 image/jpeg 290369 2025-07-18T17:25:33.609461 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 it.wikipedia