The previous owner scribbled a few (quite insightful) notes in the margins in a beautiful hand. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Internally, the pages are toned from age but otherwise clean and without damage. Il piacere - Ebook written by Gabriele dAnnunzio. The first internal hinge has slightly come loose (see close-up) but could easily be repaired with binder tape. The story follows the romantic entanglements of nobleman Andrea, an esthete who seeks beauty above all else and rejects moral and societal norms. Heavily inspired by Huysmans's À Rebours and Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, d'Annunzio's novel introduced the Italian culture of the late 1800s to the decadent literary movement. Tan cloth stamped in red, green and gold. Translated by Georgina Harding with an introduction by Arthur Symons. This is the 8th printing (December 1919) of the 1st edition. Antique edition of Gabriele d'Annunzio's first novel "Il piacere" ("The Child of Pleasure" or "The Romances of the Rose") published by the St.
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