Emanuele Delfiore
Università degli studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Graduate Student
In 1892 Contessa Lara published the novel “L'Innamorata”, which tells the love story between a Spanish circus woman, Leona, and a young count, Paolo Cappello. In the novel the character of Paolo develops in a negative way, thus, he... more
In 1892 Contessa Lara published the novel “L'Innamorata”, which tells the love story
between a Spanish circus woman, Leona, and a young count, Paolo Cappello. In the novel
the character of Paolo develops in a negative way, thus, he progressive unveils his
"feminine man" nature, the one of an underhand, narcissistic and egoist aristocrat who
is very mean with his lover. At the end of the story, Leona takes her revenge impeding
Paolo's marriage with the rich heir Margherita von Moos, which he had stipulated for
economic reasons. Hence, she decides to come back to her previous life, as a happy
horsewoman.
between a Spanish circus woman, Leona, and a young count, Paolo Cappello. In the novel
the character of Paolo develops in a negative way, thus, he progressive unveils his
"feminine man" nature, the one of an underhand, narcissistic and egoist aristocrat who
is very mean with his lover. At the end of the story, Leona takes her revenge impeding
Paolo's marriage with the rich heir Margherita von Moos, which he had stipulated for
economic reasons. Hence, she decides to come back to her previous life, as a happy
horsewoman.
