""Fernando Eboli: A Tale"" Topic
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Tango01 | 15 Feb 2020 9:44 p.m. PST |
"Told as a story within a story, "Ferdinando Eboli" is set in Naples, Italy. The unnamed narrator describes himself as living in a peaceful era void of all thrilling wars such as the Napoleonic wars. The narrator has a much romanticized outlook on war and fears that the people of his era will soon forget the iconic names of Europe's great conquerors. Of these many tales, the narrator chooses to recite the story of "Ferdinando Eboli" which occurred during Murat's reign. Murat, who is also known as Gioacchino, was the king of Naples from (1808-15). Ferdinando's father, Count Eboli was an honorable soldier of Murat's regime and was exiled along with his king. After Count Eboli's death, his son Ferdinando Eboli gets sent from Sicily to Naples to live with Marchese Spina who was another highly ranked officer in Murat's army and Count Eboli's close friend. Ferdinando rises to become an honorable officer in Murat's army, gets engaged to Adalinda, and inherits a villa from his future-father-in-law. After saying goodbye to Marchese and Adalinda, Ferdinando ventures onward with his army. Later that night, Adalinda is visited in her apartment by a man whom she believes is her fiancé. The man displays much emotional and physical love towards her as they share a moment. He cuts off a lock of her hair with his dagger and wounds his left hand in the process…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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