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This book is for readers who love sweeping romantic melodrama, with secret births, disguises, rival lovers and fierce loyalties. It suits anyone drawn to Milan, to women who fight for what they love, and to stories built on strong feeling.
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Picture a glove shop in Milan at midnight on the last night of Carnival. A masked stranger in sky-blue satin runs in and begs the owner to hide him. She bolts the door, lends him a dress, and receives a kiss she will never forget.
The Foundling Girl of Milan is a romantic novel by Carolina Invernizio, who died in 1916. She wrote it for three sisters, the daughters of a printer, and hoped it would bring them a tear. It is set in 1866, eighteen years after the Five Days, when Milan drove out the Austrian army. You will meet Maria the glove maker, the rich countess Adriana, the secretive Count Patta, and the Marquis Diego Tiani, who borrows other people's names.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A masked stranger shelters in a glove shopFree
- 2Annetta finds a bloodstained child in 1848
- 3Count Patta hides a shameful past
- 4Two honest women are set against each other
- 5A letter, a shop, and a garden at night
- 6Names and masks hide who people are
- 7Loyalty is the real fortune in this story
- 8A tale told with a heart on its sleeve
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A masked stranger shelters in a glove shop
The book opens at midnight on the last day of Carnival, in a glove shop on the Corso di Porta Vittoria. Maria, the young glove maker, has just put up the shutters. Many men come to her counter only to whisper a compliment. She smiles at all of them and encourages none, so her good name has never suffered a stain.
Then a masked figure in a black domino cloak bursts in and begs her to hide him. Maria nearly calls for help. But he drops his mask, and the face beneath is so charming, with jet-black eyes and blond curls, that she bolts the door. He says only that an enemy is searching the streets.
She offers to lend him one of her dresses, so that he can walk out as a woman in a city full of costumes. Alone for a moment, the stranger shows another face. His eyes turn hard and cruel, and he mutters that he wants a certain man dead before that man can possess a girl named Adriana. Maria sees none of this.
At the door he kisses her and runs off into the dark. By dawn Maria is pale and sleepless, asking who he was and whether she will see him again. One kindness to a stranger at midnight sets off a chain that Maria cannot stop.
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- LengthAbout 22,500 words
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Questions about Das Findelkind von Mailand
What is The Foundling Girl of Milan about?
It follows Maria, a glove maker raised by a heroine of the 1848 uprising, who is drawn into a scheme by a charming marquis. Two women, a count's secret and an honest lover are bound together by one borrowed name.
Who is Annetta Durini in the book?
Annetta is a working woman who fought at the barricades of Porta Tosa in the Five Days of 1848. She finds a bloodstained child on her landing, names her Maria, and raises her as her own daughter.
What is the skull medallion in the story?
It is a gold medallion with a skull, hanging from a tiny chain, which Annetta finds around the child's neck in 1848. Together with the child's fine clothing, it provides a clue to her family and her birth.
When is the novel set and when was it written?
The story takes place in Milan in 1866, eighteen years after the Five Days of 1848, which it recalls in detail. Carolina Invernizio dedicated the book in Florence in June 1889.
Is The Foundling Girl of Milan easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that the chapters are short, each has a clear title and scene, and the plot moves quickly. The dialogue is direct, and the feelings of each character are easy to follow.
Cite this edition
Invernizio, Carolina. The Foundling Girl of Milan. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-foundling-girl-of-milan.
Invernizio, C. (2026). The foundling girl of Milan. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-foundling-girl-of-milan
Invernizio, Carolina. The Foundling Girl of Milan. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-foundling-girl-of-milan.
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