Project Gutenberg 2010-11-30 Public domain in the USA. 62 Imbriani, Vittorio 1840 1886 Mastr'Impicca Reading ease score: 34.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Mastr'Impicca" by Vittorio Imbriani is a fairy tale written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around Princess Rosmunda, the beautiful and beloved only daughter of the widowed King of Scaricabarili, who is faced with the prospect of an arranged marriage to satisfy political demands, despite her deep reluctance. The narrative explores the princess's dilemma as she attempts to navigate the challenges posed by three potential suitors, each posing their own threats to her happiness and the stability of her kingdom. At the start of the tale, we are introduced to Rosmunda and her father, who is concerned about her future as he prepares to find her a husband. The princess, however, is reluctant and prefers to remain free and adored by her people rather than marry one of the unsuitable suitors sent by neighboring monarchs, who are either unappealing physically or morally despised. The opening also introduces a mysterious old woman in the garden, who reveals herself to be Rosmunda's fairy godmother, offering advice and a magical opportunity that could help her escape her predicament, thus setting the stage for both the conflict and the fantastical elements of the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) it Fiction PQ Text IT Racconti Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 195880 195881 2024-10-14T13:32:52.755268 2023-09-15T07:24:05.831168 text/html text/html 192265 2010-11-30T10:14:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 76490 2010-11-30T10:14:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 146772 2024-10-14T13:32:58.090245 application/epub+zip 147965 2024-10-14T13:32:54.678249 application/epub+zip 147964 2024-10-14T13:32:53.479268 application/epub+zip 278081 2024-10-14T13:33:00.702287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 266996 2024-10-14T13:32:57.346254 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228796 2022-09-16T03:37:19.906051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182753 182500 2024-10-14T13:32:52.360267 2023-09-15T07:24:05.541189 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 181338 2010-11-30T10:14:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 73821 2010-11-30T10:14:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19596 2024-10-14T13:33:00.830207 application/rdf+xml 13733 2024-10-14T13:32:54.019238 image/jpeg 3660 2024-10-14T13:32:53.744243 image/jpeg 144445 2024-10-14T13:32:52.775258 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