La vita nell'esercito : Novelle militari by A. Olivieri Sangiacomo
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"La vita nell'esercito : Novelle militari" by A. Olivieri Sangiacomo is a collection of short military stories written in the late 19th century. It paints a many-sided portrait of Italian army life—on campaign, in barracks, at the draft office, and in town—blending humor, sentiment, and tragedy. Across vivid vignettes it follows officers, conscripts, civilians, and lovers caught up in duty, desire, camaraderie, and fate. The opening of the collection presents a swift
suite of tales. First, a personified Toledo sabre recounts its forging, glory in war, elegant Milanese refit, and tragic end as a relic after the young hussar who bears it falls in battle. Next, a witty officer-narrator surveys a decade of bachelor life through “camere mobiliate,” skewering the temptations of landladies and the pitfalls of rented rooms. A New Year’s “gran rapporto” shows the regiment’s rituals, mail-call gossip, and a colonel’s sharp rebukes over uniforms. A Neapolitan sketch turns dark when a consegnato corporal slips out to meet his sweetheart and is knifed by her jealous fisherman husband. Then come scenes at the Barletta draft: medical exams, horse-trading of assignments, mothers crowding the gates, chaotic kit issues, and a tearful train departure. Finally, a farewell eve in a small town finds bands playing, banquets and speeches underway, as the regiment prepares to change garrison. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Olivieri Sangiacomo, A. (Arturo), 1861-1903 |
|---|---|
| Title | La vita nell'esercito : Novelle militari |
| Original Publication | Milano: Aliprandi, 1895. |
| Contents | Storia di una sciabola -- Camere mobiliate -- Il gran rapporto di capo d'anno -- Per un giorno di consegna -- Al distretto -- Cambio di guarnigione -- Il segreto di Rosario -- Campo in montagna -- Prima guardia -- Fisiologia dell'attendente -- Compagni di sventura -- Picchetto armato -- Pasqua in fortezza -- Lettera di Natale -- La caccia alla volpe -- L'uomo volante -- Irene -- Piccola licenza -- Zulù -- Dura lex.... |
| Credits | Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense - Milano) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 43.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Italian |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories, Italian |
| Subject | Italian fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76199 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76199-2 |
| Release Date | May 31, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 412 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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