Project Gutenberg 2006-02-24 Public domain in the USA. 53 Ghislanzoni, Antonio 1824 1893 Ghislanzoni, Giuseppe Antonio Ghislanzoni, A. (Antonio) La contessa di Karolystria: Storia tragicomica Reading ease score: 45.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, paganelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense - Milano at http://www.braidense.it/dire.html) "La contessa di Karolystria: Storia tragicomica" by Antonio Ghislanzoni is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative appears to revolve around the titular character, Countess Anna Maria di Karolystria, who finds herself in a series of misadventures including a robbery and an unexpected encounter with a nobleman, the Viscount D'Aguilar. The blend of comedy and tragedy in her predicament sets the stage for a whimsical plot filled with intriguing characters. The opening of the story introduces the countess as she rides through the forest on her horse when she is ambushed and robbed by three bandits. Left vulnerable in the forest, the narration humorously emphasizes her predicament, particularly how she copes with her unexpected nudity in the wilderness. Just as her situation seems hopeless, she encounters the Viscount, who gallantly offers her his clothing to help her maintain her dignity. This initial encounter not only establishes the countess's intelligence and quick thinking but also hints at a developing bond with the Viscount, setting the stage for further escapades and misunderstandings between the characters as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) it Fiction PQ Text Historical Fiction IT Romanzi Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 160067 159785 2024-10-08T05:11:28.838935 2023-09-08T07:25:44.661032 text/html text/html 160060 159778 2024-10-08T05:11:29.098937 2023-09-08T07:25:44.797036 text/html text/html 145899 2024-10-08T05:11:35.929905 application/epub+zip 146675 2024-10-08T05:11:32.635915 application/epub+zip 127448 2024-10-08T05:11:31.368907 application/epub+zip 319352 2024-10-08T05:11:38.348891 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305514 2024-10-08T05:11:35.147921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 208649 2022-09-08T13:20:53.760380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139812 139581 2024-10-08T05:11:28.542962 2023-09-08T07:25:44.474017 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 138825 2014-08-02T13:06:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 55275 2014-08-02T13:07:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19725 2024-10-08T05:11:38.472868 application/rdf+xml 17913 2024-10-08T05:11:31.913087 image/jpeg 3840 2024-10-08T05:11:31.637907 image/jpeg 146498 2024-10-08T05:11:29.115937 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia