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Description

Emilio Brentani, once a promising young author, is now a middle-aged insurance agent. His shattered dreams find an improbable focus in the person of Angiolina, an utterly gorgeous, vaguely charming young woman -- who also happens to be an unapologetic cheat.

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First Sentence

AT ONCE, with his very first words, he wanted to make it perfectly clear that he had no intention of beginning anything in the nature of a serious flirtation.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Italo Svevo (Author)
  2. Beryl De Zoete

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  1. italy
  2. nyrb classics 
 

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