Gabriele D'Annunzio
Pleasure
- ISBN 13:
- 9780143106746
- author:
- Gabriele D'Annunzio
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 19.5 x 13.1 x 1.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Gabriele D'Annunzio's "Pleasure" is a masterpiece of sensuality and seduction, first translated into English since the Victorian era. This new translation restores scenes considered too offensive in earlier versions, revealing the novel's status as a landmark of literary decadence. Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art, seeking beauty and flouting morality and social norms along the way. He is a serial seducer in aristocratic circles, but two women command his special regard: Elena, a beautiful young widow, and Maria, a pure and virgin-like figure. As he pursues extreme pleasure, Andrea plays them against each other, spinning a web of lust and deceit. Published by Penguin Classics, this edition offers authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes from distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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