Don Abbondio, the priest of a small village located in that part of Lake Como, where it turns to the south between two mountain ranges and is all rugged by ledges and bays, at sunset on November 7, 1628 returns home after a pleasant walk. He’s ready to turn on the path leading to the village, ...

Many years have passed since the famous events that accompanied Tartaglia's marriage to the daughter of the King of Antipodes Ninetta who came from an orange. A lot has happened over the years in Monterotondo. The once burned arap of Smeraldin and Brigell was resurrected from the ashes: he is a poet and diviner, she is whitened ...

The action begins in October 1789, ends in March 1799 and takes place mainly in northern Italy, in the vicinity of Venice. The story is a letter from the main character, Jacopo Ortiz, to his friend Lorenzo, as well as Lorenzo's recollections of Jacopo. In October 1797 was signed ...

The Astrakhan king Timur, his family and power suffered a terrible misfortune: the ferocious sultan of Khorezm defeated the army of Astrakhan and, breaking into the defenseless city, ordered to capture and execute Timur, his wife Elmaz and son Kalaf. Those under the guise of commoners managed to escape to neighboring lands, ...

Euriclea is convinced that Mirra does not like Perey: if Mirra liked someone, she would have noticed. In addition, there is no love without hope, while Mirra’s grief is hopeless, and the girl yearns for death. Euriclea would like to die so as not to see the suffering of her beloved in old age. Kenhreida already ...

Once, the great magician and wizard Durandarte came to the city of Serendipp. The king of this city, Deramo, received the guest with unprecedented luxury and courtesy, for which the grateful wizard left him two amazing magical secrets as a gift. No matter how powerful Durandarte was, by the sentence of the god of the fairies Demogorgon ...

Women — very young and older — were sitting on Kyodzhinskaya Street, and while knitting they passed the time until the fishermen returned. Donna Pasqua and Donna Libera went to sea with their husbands, and Luchetta and Orsetta left their grooms. The Toffolo boatman passed by, and he wanted to chat with the beauties; first things first he turned ...

The Montefosco Community Council, represented by three deputies of the community - Nardo, Cecco and Mengone, as well as two elders - Pasqualotto and Marcone gathered for a very important reason: the old Marquis Ridolfo Montefosco died, and now his son Marquis Florindo was going to take over their property accompanied by mother ...

Count Albafiorita and Marquis Forlipopoli lived in a Florentine hotel for almost three months and all this time sorted out the relationship, arguing, more importantly, a big name or a full wallet: the Marquis reproached the Count with the fact that his county was bought, the Count parried the attacks of the Marquis, recalling what county ...

Diercea begs his father Matusius not to rebel against the law, which requires the annual sacrifice of a noble maiden to Apollo. The name of the victim determines the lot. Only the tsar’s daughters were spared the terrible duty, and that’s because they were sent by the father outside the country. But Matusius ...

The happy engagement of Silvio, the son of Dr. Lombardi, with young Clarice could only take place thanks to a very unfortunate circumstance - the death in a duel of Signor Federigo Rasponi, whom Clarice had long been promised as a wife by her father, Pantalone dei Bizonosi. Hardly, however, the fathers solemnly ...

This is an unusual poem - a continuation poem. It begins almost at once, picking up someone else's story. Its beginning was written by the poet Matteo Boyardo - no less than sixty-nine songs under the title "Roland in Love". Ariosto added forty-seven more to them, and in the end he thought about continuing ...

The life of Benvenuto, the son of maestro Giovanni Cellini, a Florentine, written by himself in Florence. Benvenuto Cellini's memoirs are written in the first person. According to the famous jeweler and sculptor, every person who has done something valiant is obliged to tell the world about himself - but proceed to this good ...

In the prologue, the author reports that he saw in a dream a fable about the Peruginian Andreuccio (Boccaccio, character of the fifth short story of the second day in the Decameron — awarded his hero as a joke), and the story of a false philosopher who thought of showing off his horns, but was punished for neglecting the female floor, here ...

In the prologue, the Foreigner inquires from the Nobleman who composed the comedy that is about to be played: several names are named (among others Alamanni, Ariosto, Bembo, Tasso), and then the Nobleman announces that the play was written by Pietro Aretino. It tells of two tricks committed in Rome, ...

Into the harbor, not far from the capital city of Frattombroza, a galley badly battered by a storm enters under the command of the valiant Venetian Pantalone. On it, Prince Gennaro carries the bride to his brother, King Millon. But not of her own will Armilla, daughter of the king of Damascus, appeared here: dressed as merchant Gennaro ...

The name of the work is symbolic: the raven is a bird that pecks out the eyes and brain, that is, blinds and deprives the mind. We learn about such love from the story of the protagonist. So, the rejected lover has a dream. He finds himself alone at night in a gloomy valley and meets there a spirit that warns ...

In Rome, Caesar delivers a speech at the Temple of Concord. He fought a lot and finally returned to Rome. Rome is powerful; it inspires fear in all nations. For the great glory of Rome, it remains only to conquer the Parthians and avenge their victory over Crassus. The defeat in the battle with the Parthians fell a shameful spot on Rome, and Caesar is ready ...

The incredible events of this novel, combining the features of both an essay, and utopia, and a philosophical and satirical novel, take place at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. His hero, Baron Cosimo di Rondo, aged twelve, protests against boiled snails served every day for dinner, gets ...

Silvio, King of Tref, is extremely excited and extremely dejected by the illness of his only son, Prince of Tartaglia. The best doctors identified the ailment of the Crown Prince as the result of the deepest hypochondria and together they retreated from the unfortunate. There was only one last resort to prevent Tartaglia. ...