Il Cantico : romanzo by Antonio Beltramelli
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"Il Cantico : romanzo" by Antonio Beltramelli is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows Duccio della Bella, a proud, impoverished young man who, after his mother’s death, rejects social hypocrisy and seeks freedom with the guidance of the wanderer Omero. Set against Italy’s countryside and lagoon towns, it meditates on dignity, poverty, and the pull of love, hinting at a new attachment in the luminous figure of Serenella.
The opening of the novel shows Duccio keeping a fierce, solitary vigil at his mother’s deathbed, refusing neighbors’ false pity while only Omero offers quiet, genuine respect; at dawn, the mother dies. Soon after, Duccio rejects his demeaning clerkship, helps a peasant mother and daughter (Pavona) find legal aid for their imprisoned kin, and, after a bitter encounter with a hypocritical relative, resolves to cut ties with his past. With Omero’s help he sells everything, takes the road, and, exhausted but elated by liberty, reaches Comacchio, where an old fisherman friend, Giovanni della Nave, shelters them. The narrative then lingers on the lagoon world and introduces Giovanni’s daughter, Serenella—an ethereal, self-possessed presence—suggesting a brief pause in Duccio’s wandering and a new emotional current stirring within him. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Beltramelli, Antonio, 1874-1930 |
|---|---|
| Title | Il Cantico : romanzo |
| Original Publication | Milano: Treves, 1906. |
| Credits | Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library) |
| Language | Italian |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Italian fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76704 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76704-8 |
| Release Date | Aug 19, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 287 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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