''Fosca'' is an

1869 Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional Soccer, football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 & ...

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novel by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, initially published in serial form. ''Fosca'' served as the basis for Ettore Scola's 1981 film '' Passione d'amore'' as well as Stephen Sondheim's 1994 stage musical '' Passion''. Due to the success of the stage adaptation, an English translation by

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was published in 1994 as '' Passion: A Novel'' ( Mercury House). at

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