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100	1		_aTronconi, Cesare, _d1842-1890
245	1	0	_aMadri.... per ridere
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-10-09
508			_aBarbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
520			_a"Madri.... per ridere : romanzo" by Cesare Tronconi is a novel written in the late 19th century. It appears to be a caustic social satire about hypocrisy, respectability, and the making of “mothers” and women shaped by appearances rather than virtue. The story centers on Maddalena, a striking and increasingly calculating young woman from a modest family, whose transformation is catalyzed by a seductive neighbor, Severina, and a secret attraction to Severina’s brother. Expect a sharp critique of bourgeois morals, the education of girls, and the gap between public piety and private appetites. The opening of the work moves from a sardonic funeral scene—where mourners shun two ominous women—to a vehement letter that brands Maddalena “the Evil,” then rewinds to her origins. We meet her parents, the punctilious ex-dogana clerk Ildebrando and the devout, simple Caterina; her birth is framed by superstitious omens, and her childhood is marked by precocious will, emotional opacity, and social ostracism at a snobbish school. As an adolescent she grows restless and is drawn to Severina, a poised “widow” whose perfumed, sensuous apartment and conversation school Maddalena in toilette, allure, and worldly cynicism. Under this influence, she refashions herself, spurns a safe suitor, and quietly cultivates a flirtation with Severina’s brother, while the narration sketches the type of idle, debt-driven beaux who live off charm—hinting at the kind of man she may be courting. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cMilano: Galli e Omodei, 1877
653			_aItalian fiction -- 19th century
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77018
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