Project Gutenberg 2010-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 130 Fogazzaro, Antonio 1842 1911 Agnetti, Mary Prichard 1870 1948 Prichard-Agnetti, Mary Prichard, Mary Agnetti Prichard-Agnetti, M. Agnetti-Pritchard, M. 07000444 The Patriot (Piccolo Mondo Antico) E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Julia Neufeld, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Patriot (Piccolo Mondo Antico)" by Antonio Fogazzaro is a novel written in the late 19th century. It explores themes of political turmoil and personal devotion set against the backdrop of Italy’s fight for unification during the mid-19th century. The story centers on Don Franco Maironi, a young man caught between his love for Signorina Luisa Rigey and the oppressive weight of his familial obligations, particularly from his domineering grandmother, the Marchesa. The opening of the novel introduces a scene on Lake Lugano, where various characters are preparing to go out in a boat, reflecting the tension between personal desires and external circumstances. Through the character interactions—particularly the anxiousness of Signora Barborin and the imperiousness of her husband, Pasotti—a sense of the local social dynamics unfolds, giving insight into the relationships and tensions among them. Don Franco is soon revealed to be embroiled in his own struggles, indicating his deep feelings for Luisa amid the weight of societal expectations and familial pressure, setting the stage for his internal conflict as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Italy -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 820275 820141 2024-09-14T08:47:06.091805 2023-09-15T04:09:32.630256 text/html text/html 833876 2010-09-20T12:31:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 304946 2010-09-20T12:33:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 384304 2024-09-14T08:47:18.328780 application/epub+zip 389603 2024-09-14T08:47:08.669757 application/epub+zip 389602 2024-09-14T08:47:07.257870 application/epub+zip 688391 2024-09-14T08:47:25.695678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 628949 2024-09-14T08:47:16.897742 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 629001 2022-09-15T11:43:58.024171 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 751148 751068 2024-09-14T08:47:04.248807 2023-09-15T04:09:30.973285 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 750764 2010-09-20T12:28:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 285258 2010-09-20T12:28:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 750772 2010-09-20T12:28:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 285130 2010-09-20T12:28:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21095 2024-09-14T08:47:25.852683 application/rdf+xml 15613 2024-09-14T08:47:07.637787 image/jpeg 3783 2024-09-14T08:47:07.448765 image/jpeg 356859 2024-09-14T08:47:06.159799 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 it.wikipedia en.wikipedia