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Giovanni Episcopo
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Wikipedia article
'Giovanni Episcopo' is an 1891 novel by the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio. It tells the story of a poor Italian clerk who is humiliated by his wife and a dominant co-worker. It was D'Annunzio's second novel. It took inspiration from Russian writers such as Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Publication
The novel was serialised in the journal 'Protonotari' in three parts from 16 February to 1 March 1891, for which D'Annunzio was paid 1000 lire. It was published in book form the year after. An English translation by Myrta Leonora Jones was published in 1896 as 'Episcopo and Company'. A new translation by Raymond Rosenthal was published in 1988 as part of the volume 'Nocturne and Five Tales of Love and Death'.
Adaptations
The book was the basis for a 1916 film with the same title directed by Mario Gargiulo, starring Achille Vitti, Tina Xeo and Alberto Casanova. It was adapted for film again in 1947 under the title 'Flesh Will Surrender', directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Yvonne Sanson and Roldano Lupi.
References
Category:1891 novels
Category:Italian novels adapted into films
Category:Italian-language books
Category:Novels by Gabriele D'Annunzio
Category:Novels first published in serial form
Category:19th-century Italian novels
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