The Child of Pleasure

Name: The Child of Pleasure
Author: Gabriele D'Annunzio

by Gabriele D'Annunzio

Novel of aesthete protagonist pursuing sensual pleasure and beauty as life's ultimate goal

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Gabriele D'Annunzio

Italian poet, novelist, and nationalist whose Laudi del Cielo del Mare della Terra e degli Eroi established him as the dominant figure in Italian culture around 1900. His flamboyant aestheticism influenced fascism.

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