02253cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500140014426400510015830000470020933600260025633700260028233800360030850000310034450802610037552011920063653400450182865300180187385600430189199900170193417909UtSlPG20260610133422.0mcr n260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7ait2iso639-1 4aPQ1 aSerao, Matilde,d1856-192713aLe Amanti 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2006  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2006-03-04  aProduced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense - Milano at http://www.braidense.it/dire.html)  a"Le Amanti" by Matilde Serao is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story explores the passionate but complicated relationship between its main characters, Grazia and Ferrante, highlighting themes of love, longing, and the constraints imposed by society. Both characters navigate intense emotions and the trepidation of having their love exposed to the outside world.  At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Grazia, who experiences a deep, feverish longing for the absent Ferrante. In her solitary room, she grapples with her feelings, alternating between moments of fervent passion and crippling anxiety. The narrative deftly captures her inner turmoil as she is consumed by thoughts of love, her desires reflected in the physical sensations of warmth and tranquility that elude her in reality. Meanwhile, Ferrante is depicted as a strong but tormented soul, whose prior life and experiences weigh heavily on him, yet his connection with Grazia ignites an overwhelming, desperate yearning. The beginning sets the stage for their tumultuous love story, tinged with the threat of societal disapproval and personal conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aShort stories40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17909  c59295d59295