Racconti incredibili e credibili by Enrico Panzacchi
"Racconti incredibili e credibili" by Enrico Panzacchi is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The work gathers a series of narratives that blend the plausible with the extraordinary, exploring human emotions, relationships, and social situations with a touch of psychological subtlety. The stories seem to focus on intimate moments of passion, longing, personal realization, and the tension between reality and fantasy. Recurring characters across these opening tales
include sensitive young artists, star-crossed lovers, and individuals grappling with the complexities of love, jealousy, and fate. The opening of the collection introduces several distinct stories and scenes, each with its own set of characters and emotional undertones. First, we meet a young violinist who communicates his love for a frail girl living in the same building through the language of music, culminating in a silent, poignant parting. Another story recounts the impossible yearning between two young people isolated in a castle by a stern family matriarch, their forbidden passion marked by a mysterious physical transformation. Elsewhere, readers find an episode steeped in marital jealousy and suspicion as a husband wrestles with doubts about his wife’s fidelity, heightened by the suggestive atmosphere of a friend's apartment. The opening also contains reflective pieces tinged with melancholy, such as a personal memory of childhood bereavement and a vibrant travelogue to the Republic of San Marino, rich with observation and humor. These first stories highlight Panzacchi’s interest in the subtle workings of emotion, memory, and social convention, weaving together the credible and the incredible in everyday life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Panzacchi, Enrico, 1840-1904 |
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| Title | Racconti incredibili e credibili |
| Original Publication | Roma: Perino, 1885. |
| Contents | Coi Sordini -- Occhi Accusatori -- In Casa dell'Amico -- Cantores! -- Primo Ricordo -- In Repubblica -- Dopo Dieci Anni -- Nella “Montagnola„. |
| 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) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 40.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Italian |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories, Italian |
| Subject | Italian fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 75714 |
| Release Date | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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