The Italian
When Angelo sought revenge Gwenna Hamilton added another, delicious dimension. Innocent and pretty, she had no chance when the Italian tycoon offered her the devil's bargain: pay for her father's freedom with her body. In her naivete, Gwenna, 26, thought that Angelo would tire of her and her innocence very quickly. But he had more in mind than just one night...
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In late eighteenth-century Naples, the young nobleman Vincentio di Vivaldi falls in love with Ellena di Rosalba, a girl raised in a convent. His mother and her confessor, the monk Schedoni, conspire to keep the match from happening, and Ellena is taken to a remote Apennine convent at night.
The most commonly searched is The Italian by Ann Radcliffe (1797), a foundational gothic novel that influenced Mary Shelley and many later horror writers. It is one of Radcliffe's best-known works alongside The Mysteries of Udolpho.
Yes. The Italian was first published in 1797 and is in the public domain. Free editions are available legally through Project Gutenberg.
The Italian is 192 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Italian takes most readers 3 to 4 hours to finish.
The Italian is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
The Italian is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
