Project Gutenberg 2023-02-11 Public domain in the USA. 254 Barrili, Anton Giulio 1836 1908 Barrili, Antonio Giulio La spada di fuoco : $b racconto $aItaly :$bTreves, $c1909. Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library) "La spada di fuoco: racconto" by Anton Giulio Barrili is a novel written in the early 20th century. The opening sets the stage in a Roman theater, where the recently widowed Duchess Serena attends a performance of Verdi's "Aida" after a decade of absence from the social scene. The narrative unfolds around themes of beauty, social expectations, and the passage of time as Serena contemplates her past and the changes that time has wrought upon her and those around her. The opening of the story introduces us to Duchess Serena as she arrives at the Apollo Theater, experiencing a mixture of nostalgia and curiosity about her own image in society after ten years. She is accompanied by her older friend, Marchesa Flora, and while she observes the audience’s reactions to her presence with a mix of pride and anxiety, she reflects on her life, the loss of her husband, and the lingering feelings she holds for Count Massimo, who is conspicuously absent. The narrative hints at an undercurrent of romantic tension as she grapples with the implications of love, beauty, and her status in the social hierarchy, setting a rich emotional scene that invites readers to explore the complexities of love and loss in a changing world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20210715091033barrili 1909 IT Reading ease score: 58.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. it Italian fiction -- 19th century PQ Text Category: Novels 703217 2025-07-27T14:19:50.877817 text/html 702843 2023-02-11T17:10:30 text/html 540163 2025-07-27T14:19:59.699794 application/epub+zip 536962 2025-07-27T14:19:52.348844 application/epub+zip 358612 2025-07-27T14:19:51.553843 application/epub+zip 714166 2025-07-27T14:20:05.138770 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 675932 2025-07-27T14:19:59.030806 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 642895 2025-07-27T14:19:49.104832 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 642677 2023-02-11T17:10:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17747 2025-07-27T14:20:05.310741 application/rdf+xml 16566 2025-07-27T14:19:51.704822 image/jpeg 2967 2025-07-27T14:19:51.629806 image/jpeg 239585 2023-02-11T17:10:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 462591 2023-02-11T17:10:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 472076 2025-07-27T14:19:50.937875 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