The Italian, Volume 2 (of 3) : or, the confessional of the Black Penitents

"The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents" by Ann Radcliffe is a Gothic novel published in 1796. When Vincentio di Vivaldi falls for the beautiful but poor Ellena di Rosalba, his proud mother enlists her sinister confessor, Father Schedoni, to prevent their union. What follows is a dark tale of kidnapping, mysterious monks, the dungeons of the Inquisition, and shocking revelations that bind victim and villain in unexpected ways. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823
Title The Italian, Volume 2 (of 3) : or, the confessional of the Black Penitents
Original Publication United Kingdom: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1797.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_(Radcliffe_novel)
Credits Delphine Lettau and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at pgdpcanada.net from images generously made available by Internet Archive/European Libraries
Reading Level Reading ease score: 63.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Horror tales
Subject Love stories
Subject Gothic fiction
Subject Kidnapping -- Fiction
Subject Inquisition -- Fiction
Subject Naples (Italy) -- Fiction
Subject Monks -- Italy -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 74640
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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