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 Project Gutenberg 2005-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 84 Capuana, Luigi 1839 1915 Il Benefattore Il benefattore -- Per un sogno -- Raccontava il dottor Maggioli: I. I microbi del Signor Sferlazzo. II. L'incredibile esperimento. III. Un geloso!!! IV. La redenzione dei capolavori. V. Due scoperte. IV L'invisible. VII. Il busto -- Care parentesi -- Enimma. Produced by Claudio Paganelli, Carlo Traverso, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Prodotto in comune tra Progetto Manuzio e Project Gutenberg "Il Benefattore" by Luigi Capuana is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story unfolds in a small Sicilian town called Settefonti, where an Englishman named Pietro Kyllea arrives with grand plans to buy neglected land and transform it into a flourishing agricultural area. As he navigates local customs and interacts with the townsfolk, Kyllea's presence disrupts the status quo and begins to create a mixture of intrigue and resentment among the local gentry. The opening of the novel introduces us to the arrival of the Englishman at the Albergo del Gallo, where he is met with curiosity and skepticism by the townspeople and the local notary, La Bella. Kyllea expresses his intent to purchase several plots of seemingly worthless land in the Tirantello area. He is met with astonishment, as the local residents, particularly the landowners, are enticed by the prospect of profit but are equally wary of this foreigner's bold ambitions. Tension builds as rumors spread throughout Settefonti about Kyllea's plans, demonstrating the clash between traditional ways of thinking and the potential for change brought by this outsider. The narrative hints at deeper socio-political undercurrents involving class struggles and the transformation of rural life, setting the stage for conflict as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Italian literature PQ Text IT Racconti Category: Novels 258359 2025-07-03T11:20:49.807630 text/html 258180 2025-01-10T23:53:35.203186 text/html 160531 2025-07-03T11:20:55.288701 application/epub+zip 163130 2025-07-03T11:20:51.508677 application/epub+zip 163130 2025-07-03T11:20:50.429720 application/epub+zip 288092 2025-07-03T11:20:58.100679 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270617 2025-07-03T11:20:54.633638 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240361 2022-09-04T06:08:40.569811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 225698 2025-07-03T11:20:49.359738 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 224102 2012-10-11T21:56:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18344 2025-07-03T11:20:58.232610 application/rdf+xml 10839 2025-07-03T11:20:50.923639 image/jpeg 3105 2025-07-03T11:20:50.675673 image/jpeg 88221 2012-10-11T21:57:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 156260 2025-07-03T11:20:49.832638 application/octet-stream application/zip it.wikipedia en.wikipedia