A Romeo-and-Juliet tale told with Stendhal’s particular biting realism-never before available on its own.

A pair of star-crossed lovers-one a young woman whose family disapproves, the other a fatherless brigand-whose passion has unintended and dangerous consequences.

Story Locale- Lazio, Italy

Series Overview- Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers but beloved and practiced by literature’s greatest writers. The Art of the Novella Series celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners. The series has been recognized for its excellence in design by AIGA.