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Valperga Volume 3 (of 3)

Mary Shelley

Set during the wars between Guelphs and Ghibellines in early fourteenth-century Italy, it follows the real historical figure Castruccio Castracani, a despot who becomes lord of Lucca.

"Valperga Volume 3 (of 3)" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a historical novel. Set during the wars between Guelphs and Ghibellines in early fourteenth-century Italy, it follows the real historical figure Castruccio Castracani, a despot who becomes lord of Lucca.

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When Bindo had been released by the command of Castiglione from the hands of the Lucchese soldiers, he fled across the country; and, possessed with horror and despair at the issue of all his predictions, hastened to the only human being to whom he ever spoke his real sentiments, or in whom he placed any confidence.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I
  2. 02The Witch of the Forest.
  3. 03Chapter II
  4. 04Beatrice in the Inquisition at Lucca.—Freed by Castruccio, at the Intercession of Euthanasia.
  5. 05Chapter III
  6. 06Beatrice, her Creed, and her Love.
  7. 07Chapter IV
  8. 08Beatrice's Narrative.
  9. 09Chapter V
  10. 10Beatrice resolves to take the Veil.—Euthanasia visits Florence.
  11. 11Chapter VI
  12. 12Beatrice meets Tripalda—is led by Bindo to the Witch's Cave.
  13. 13Chapter VII
  14. 14Euthanasia returns.—Beatrice meets the witch, and encounters Castruccio and Tripalda.—Dies.
  15. 15Chapter VIII
  16. 16Castruccio's Progress in Arms.—He brings Devastation to the Gates of Florence.—A Conspiracy formed against him.
  17. 17Chapter IX
  18. 18Euthanasia joins the Conspiracy.—Tripalda a Member.
  19. 19Chapter X
  20. 20Euthanasia removes to Lucca.—Conference with Tripalda.—Tripalda turns Informer.
  21. 21Chapter XI
  22. 22Euthanasia in Prison.
  23. 23Chapter XII
  24. 24Euthanasia sails for Sicily, and is lost.
  25. 25Conclusion
  26. 26The End

About this edition

Author
Mary Shelley
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
151 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers