TY - BOOK AU - Voynich,E.L. TI - The Gadfly AV - PR PY - 2002/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Italy -- History -- Revolution of 1848 -- Fiction KW - Revolutionaries -- Fiction KW - Italy -- History -- 1815-1870 -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gadfly; Release date is 2002-09-01; Produced by Judy Boss, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Gadfly" by E. L. Voynich is a novel published in 1897, set during 1840s Italy under Austrian rule. The story follows Arthur Burton, an English Catholic who renounces his faith, fakes his death, and returns to Italy as a revolutionary journalist writing satirical tracts under the pseudonym "the gadfly." A tale of faith, disillusionment, and heroism unfolds through Arthur's tragic relationships with his lover Gemma and Padre Montanelli, exploring the intertwining of religious, romantic, and revolutionary passions against the backdrop of the Italian Risorgimento. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3431 ER -