Daniele Cortis (novel)
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''Daniele Cortis'' is an 1885 novel by the
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writer
Antonio Fogazzaro Antonio Fogazzaro (; 25 March 1842 – 7 March 1911) was an Italian novelist and proponent of Liberal Catholicism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. Biography Fogazzaro was born in Vicenza to a wealthy family. In ...
. The plot follows the impossible love between Daniele Cortis, an idealistic
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politician, and his cousin Elena, married to a man who does not understand her.Brand & Pertile p.472


Film adaptation

In 1947 the novel was turned into a film ''
Daniele Cortis ''Daniele Cortis'' (also known as ''Elena'') is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Vittorio Gassman, Sarah Churchill and Gino Cervi. The film (set in nineteenth-century Italy) follows the impossible love affair bet ...
'' directed by
Mario Soldati Mario Soldati (17 November 1906 – 19 June 1999) was an Italian writer and film director. In 1954 he won the Strega Prize for ''Lettere da Capri.'' He directed several works adapted from novels, and worked with leading Italian actresses, su ...
and starring Vittorio Gassman and Sarah Churchill.


References


Bibliography

* Brand, Peter & Pertile, Lino. ''The Cambridge History of Italian Literature''. Cambridge University Press, 1999. 1885 novels 19th-century Italian novels Novels set in Italy Novels by Antonio Fogazzaro Italian novels adapted into films {{1880s-novel-stub