Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 77 Trollope, Thomas Adolphus 1810 1892 Trollope, T. Adolphus (Thomas Adolphus) A Siren Reading ease score: 66.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Tapio Riikonen, tapri@kolumbus.fi HTML version by Chuck Greif "A Siren" by Thomas Adolphus Trollope is a novel written in the late 19th century that unfolds during the Carnival season in the historical city of Ravenna. The story primarily revolves around the characters of the Marchese Lamberto di Castelmare, his nephew Ludovico, and the renowned singer Bianca Lalli, as they navigate the excitement and tumultuous emotions during the final night of revelry before Lent. Themes of jealousy, desire, and societal expectations are likely to be central as the characters encounter each other amidst the festivities. At the start of the novel, the vibrant atmosphere of the Carnival is vividly depicted, emphasizing how the celebration intensifies towards its end. Ludovico and Bianca enjoy the night together while the Marchese Lamberto, witnessing their connection, grapples with feelings of jealousy and unrequited love for Bianca. As Ludovico proposes an excursion to the nearby Pineta forest for the following morning, setting the stage for possible complications, a sense of tension builds between the characters. Father Fabiano, a local monk, observes the emotional turbulence surrounding the younger generations, hinting at the deeper ramifications of their romantic entanglements. Overall, the opening chapters establish a rich backdrop and complex character dynamics that promise to lead to dramatic developments. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1004743 1004744 2024-10-03T04:16:40.241599 2023-10-03T04:45:07.065546 text/html text/html 1011134 2011-02-22T12:02:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 360126 2011-02-22T12:03:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 436364 2024-10-03T04:16:51.480040 application/epub+zip 450267 2024-10-03T04:16:42.550604 application/epub+zip 450268 2024-10-03T04:16:41.175597 application/epub+zip 747009 2024-10-03T04:16:58.796020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 719203 2024-10-03T04:16:50.522079 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 693547 2022-09-03T06:16:07.876983 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 975839 975764 2024-10-03T04:16:38.441612 2023-10-03T04:45:05.482518 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 975738 2011-02-22T12:02:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 355503 2011-02-22T12:03:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19935 2024-10-03T04:16:58.926994 application/rdf+xml 11090 2024-10-03T04:16:41.735593 image/jpeg 3190 2024-10-03T04:16:41.450598 image/jpeg 426498 2024-10-03T04:16:40.325641 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