The Woman of Rome

Alberto Moravia

Original title: La Romana

first published 1947 Fabbri - RCS Libri, 1993

The glitter and cynicism of Rome under Mussolini provide the background of what is probably Alberto Moravia’s best and best-known novel — The Woman of Rome. It’s the story of Adriana, a simple girl with no fortune but her beauty who models naked for a painter, accepts gifts from men, and could never quite identify the moment when she traded her private dream of home and children for the life of a prostitute. One of...

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Tami Calliope 1 printing we hold · 1999 · R.C.S. Libri S.p.A.

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The woman of Rome edition · 1999 · Steerforth Italia · 408 pages
The Woman of Rome edition · 1999 · R.C.S. Libri S.p.A. · 9781581952438
La Romana paperback · 1996 · Fabbri - RCS Libri · 9788845237966
The woman of Rome - Chinese. edition · 1994 · 479 pages
La Romana paperback · 1993 · Losada · 9789500302166
La Romana edition · 1993 · Fabbri - RCS Libri
The woman of Rome edition · 1984 · Panther · 447 pages
The Woman of Rome paperback · 1982 · Playboy Paperbacks · 448 pages · 9780867211009

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