The Innocent book for reading in Italian

Writer, poet, playwright, and politician, Gabriele D’Annunzio was incredibly popular in Italy in the early twentieth century. His works shocked public morality and literally «exploded» the literary world of Europe.
In the novel «The Innocent», D’Annunzio presents a man as a... hostage of a game of uncontrollable forces, a fatal obsession. The main character, the aristocrat Tullio — a convinced hedonist. He does not acknowledge the norms and values accepted in society. Tullio «agreed» with his wife about an open relationship and is enamored with another woman. Everything changes when the protagonist realizes that his wife can also be interesting to someone else…
The plot of «The Innocent» served as the basis for the famous film by Luchino Visconti, which the master himself considered his best work.
The novel is published unabridged and is addressed to lovers of the Italian language.