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 Project Gutenberg 2010-10-10 Public domain in the USA. 64 Painter, William 1539 1594 Paynter, William Haslewood, Joseph 1769 1833 Jacobs, Joseph 1854 1916 The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 2 Produced by Louise Hope, Meredith Bach, Chris Curnow, Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 2" by William Painter is a collection of translated Italian and French novellas written in the late 19th century. This volume compiles a series of romantic and often adventurous tales that explore themes of love, betrayal, and morality, reflecting the complexities of human relationships. Each story draws from various historical and literary sources, engaging with characters that find themselves entangled in various circumstances of desire and misfortune. The opening of the book introduces the character of Galgano, a young gentleman from Siena who is infatuated with Madonna Minoccia, the wife of a knight, Sir Stricca. Despite his carefully orchestrated attempts to win her love—ranging from grand displays of affection to sending gifts—Minoccia remains indifferent. In a twist of fate, however, she eventually sends for Galgano while her husband is away, leading to a conflict when Galgano refuses her advances out of loyalty to her husband, which showcases themes of honor and the complexities of love. This opening sets a tone of dramatic tension as it hints at the conflicting desires and moral dilemmas faced by the characters throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34053/34053-h/images/vol2title.jpg en French fiction -- Translations into English Italian fiction -- Translations into English PR Text Browsing: Literature 1030301 1030012 2024-09-14T10:05:11.261670 2023-09-15T05:18:29.029892 text/html text/html 1037086 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 476760 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 495189 2024-09-14T10:05:21.088688 application/epub+zip 506861 2024-09-14T10:05:12.872704 application/epub+zip 506027 2024-09-14T10:05:12.127684 application/epub+zip 822074 2024-09-14T10:05:27.917613 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 761029 2024-09-14T10:05:20.364675 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 760141 2022-09-15T13:21:18.517750 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 978340 2024-09-14T10:05:10.391785 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 981104 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 367281 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 977221 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 366655 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 977268 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 365931 2021-01-07T01:43:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22810 2024-09-14T10:05:28.145593 application/rdf+xml 9248 2024-09-14T10:05:12.221697 image/jpeg 1977 2024-09-14T10:05:12.175684 image/jpeg 477051 2024-09-14T10:05:11.368672 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia