Francesca Da Rimini

Francesca Da Rimini is a tragic play written by Gabriele D'Annunzio, an Italian poet, playwright, and politician. The play is based on the story of Francesca da Rimini, a noblewoman from Rimini, Italy, who falls in love with her husband's younger brother, Paolo Malatesta. The play is set in the 13th century and explores themes of love, passion, betrayal, and revenge.The story begins with Francesca's arranged marriage to Gianciotto Malatesta, a cruel and jealous man. Despite her unhappy marriage, Francesca remains faithful to her husband until she meets Paolo, who is kind and gentle. The two fall in love and begin a secret affair, but their love is discovered by Gianciotto, who kills them both in a fit of rage.D'Annunzio's writing style is lyrical and poetic, with vivid descriptions of the characters and their emotions. The play is divided into five acts, each of which builds upon the previous one to create a powerful and tragic story. The characters are complex and multi-dimensional, with their own motivations and desires.Overall, Francesca Da Rimini is a masterpiece of Italian literature, exploring timeless themes of love, passion, and tragedy. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Italian literature, poetry, or drama.1902. From the Introduction: Francesca da Rimini was acted for the first time at Rome, by Eleonora Duse and her company, on December 9, 1901. Has there, since Hernani, been such a battle over a play in verse? The performance lasted five hours, and many of the speeches were inaudible on account of the noise in the theatre. Since then the play has been freely cut, it has been acted with the greatest success in the chief cities of Italy, and has raised more discussion than any play in verse of this century. The translation which follows has been made from the unabridged text. The play is written in blank verse, but blank verse so varied as to be almost a kind of vers libre. This form of blank verse is not new in Italian. It is to be found in the pastoral tragedies of the Renaissance in Tasso�������s Aminta, in Guarino�������s Pastor Fido. We need only open Leopardi to see almost exactly the same structure of verse.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.