The Italian, Volume 1 (of 3) : or, the confessional of the Black Penitents

"The Italian, Volume 1 (of 3): or, the confessional of the Black Penitents" by Ann Radcliffe is a Gothic novel published in 1796. When young Vivaldi falls for the beautiful but poor Ellena, his aristocratic mother enlists her sinister confessor, Father Schedoni, to destroy the match. What follows is a dark tale of kidnapping, disguise, and persecution set against the backdrop of the Inquisition, where mysterious monks issue warnings, convents imprison innocents, and shocking secrets threaten to surface in shadowy confessionals. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823
Title The Italian, Volume 1 (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: 59.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat 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
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EBook-No. 74643
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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