Count Andrea Sperelli, poet, collector and connoisseur of women, lives for beauty among the palaces and salons of 1880s Rome. Abandoned by his passionate mistress Elena Muti, he recovers at a seaside villa and falls in love with the gentle, devout Maria Ferres, only to find that he cannot keep the two women apart in his mind.
D’Annunzio’s first novel, Il Piacere, a key work of European decadence, here with verses translated by Arthur Symons. Download the free EPUB.