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Résumé de La fille trouvée de Milan
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For readers who enjoy passionate nineteenth-century melodrama with secret identities, wronged women and a city fresh from revolt. A good choice for anyone who likes tales of loyalty and revenge set in old Milan.
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Would you hide a stranger who bursts into your shop at midnight? Maria, a glove maker in Milan, does, and one kiss changes her life. The Foundling Girl of Milan is a melodramatic novel by Carolina Invernizio, set eighteen years after the Five Days uprising against Austrian rule. It gives you a wronged girl, a rich count with a buried past, two lovers pulled apart by a lie, and a child found long ago on a doorstep. Start on that Carnival night.
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- 1A masked stranger asks for shelter at midnightFree
- 2A heroine of the Five Days finds a child
- 3A count with a buried past wants a son-in-law
- 4A borrowed name sets the trap
- 5Two women learn they have been used
- 6A night at the villa near Cernusco-Merate
- 7What the story is about and how it is told
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A masked stranger asks for shelter at midnight
The story opens at midnight on the last day of Carnival. Maria, the lovely glove maker of Porta Vittoria, is closing her shop when a masked man runs in and begs her to hide him. He says an enemy is chasing him, and his charming face and bright smile win her at once. She bolts the door.
Maria lends him one of her dresses so he can slip away in disguise. He is easy and playful, and he tells her that anyone she loved would be a happy man. When he leaves, he kisses her on the lips and vanishes into the dark street. His face hardens, and he mutters about revenge and about a woman named Adriana.
Maria climbs the stairs to the room she shares with her old mother and says nothing. She has never loved anyone, and she cannot sleep. That single night of Carnival sets every later event in motion.
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About 1 h 40 min to read.Questions about La fille trouvée de Milan
What is The Foundling Girl of Milan about?
It follows Maria, a Milan glove maker raised by a heroine of the 1848 uprising, who is deceived by a man using another's name. Her fate crosses that of Count Patta's daughter Adriana and the honest Gabriele.
Who is Diego Tiani in The Foundling Girl of Milan?
Diego is a charming marquis who lives in Count Patta's palace and wants to marry Adriana for her fortune. He deceives Maria by using the name of his rival, Gabriele Terzi.
What are the Five Days in this novel?
The Five Days are the 1848 uprising in which the people of Milan drove out the Austrian forces. Annetta Durini fought in it, and the novel's secrets come from those days.
What does the skull medallion mean in the story?
It is a gold medallion with a skull, found on the little girl Annetta rescued.
Is The Foundling Girl of Milan easy to read?
It moves quickly through twelve short chapters, with clear scenes, plenty of dialogue and strong emotions. Each chapter has a plain title, so it is easy to follow.