L'Innocente
by Gabriele D'Annunzio
Italian • Public Domain • Free to stream
Gabriele D'Annunzio's L'Innocente (The Intruder, 1892) is a landmark of Italian decadentism. Tullio Hermil, an aristocratic Roman, freely conducts affairs while demanding absolute fidelity from his wife Giuliana. When he discovers she has conceived a child by another man, his response is coldly devastating. A psychologically intense and morally disturbing masterpiece of fin-de-siecle Italian literature. Stream free in native Italian.
About the book: L'Innocente
The Intruder, also known by the Italian title L'Innocente, is an 1892 novel by the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio. The book was published in English in 1897, translated by Georgina Harding.
It tells the story of the dandy Tullio Hermil who is habitually unfaithful to his patient and loving wife Giuliana, until the wife eventually does the same and becomes pregnant with another man's child. Known as The Victim in the United States, the novel was first adapted for film in 1912 by Edoardo Bencivenga.
The book was also the basis for Luchino Visconti's last film, The Innocent, released in 1976.
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L'Innocente was written by Gabriele D'Annunzio.
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