Project Gutenberg 2012-04-22 Public domain in the USA. 86 Panzini, Alfredo 1863 1939 Io cerco moglie! Romanzo Reading ease score: 60.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Io cerco moglie!" by Alfredo Panzini is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces Cavalier Ginetto Sconer, who humorously grapples with the idea of marriage while navigating the complexities of societal expectations and personal desires. It reflects Sconer's quest for a wife while detailing his unique personality and the various women he considers suitable for marriage, highlighting both superficial and deeper qualities. At the start of the narrative, Ginetto Sconer presents himself as a well-mannered and financially stable gentleman, ready to seek a wife primarily for securing his lineage. He jests about his own character traits and life choices while engaging with the absurdities of modern courtship. His conversations with his friend Lionello unveil his criteria for a potential spouse, which range from physical attributes to moral qualities. The opening sets a comedic yet introspective tone as Sconer begins to compile a list of candidates, revealing both the societal expectations of marriage and his own apprehensions about finding a suitable partner amidst the colorful personalities he encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39506/39506-rst/images/cover.jpg it Humorous stories Mate selection -- Fiction Italy -- Fiction Millionaires -- Fiction PQ Text IT Romanzi Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Fiction 427145 426985 2024-10-16T15:21:14.092809 2023-09-17T09:05:04.069068 text/html text/html 428507 2012-04-22T09:13:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 155157 2012-04-22T09:13:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 216612 2024-10-16T15:21:35.574691 application/epub+zip 413696 2024-10-16T15:21:33.306675 application/pdf 396201 2024-10-16T15:21:19.477736 application/pdf 216817 2024-10-16T15:21:22.859735 application/epub+zip 216787 2024-10-16T15:21:16.532794 application/epub+zip 331920 2024-10-16T15:21:41.092649 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256539 2024-10-16T15:21:30.339740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256578 2022-09-18T06:33:42.569161 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322801 2024-10-16T15:21:13.282782 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 320710 2012-04-22T09:16:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 122693 2012-04-22T09:16:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 313184 2012-04-22T09:17:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 121609 2012-04-22T09:17:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 313217 2012-04-22T09:17:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120439 2012-04-22T09:17:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 28401 2024-10-16T15:21:41.724636 application/rdf+xml 305054 2024-10-16T15:21:11.658815 2023-09-17T09:05:03.374248 text/x-rst text/x-rst 305054 2012-04-22T09:17:40 text/x-rst 134455 2012-04-22T09:17:40 text/x-rst application/zip 7113 2024-10-16T15:21:20.577754 image/jpeg 1631 2024-10-16T15:21:20.136817 image/jpeg 155033 2024-10-16T15:21:14.127756 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