Babylon, Volume 3
A social novel set in Rome traces a circle of artists and acquaintances as artistic ambition and romantic entanglements collide. A sculptor's admiration for a striking model triggers jealousy, misread intentions, and awkward intimacy among cousins and friends. Episodes move between studio life, travellers' arrivals, storms at sea, public criticism, and accidental crises that test loyalties and temperaments. The decaying urban landscape contrasts classical remnants with contemporary squalor, influencing character choices and moral reflections. The plot progresses through proposals, misunderstandings, and reconciliations, blending ironic observation of artistic society with sympathetic attention to personal misfortune and eventual resolution.
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A social novel set in Rome traces a circle of artists and acquaintances as artistic ambition and romantic entanglements collide. A sculptor's admiration for a striking model triggers jealousy, misread intentions, and awkward intimacy among cousins and friends. Episodes move between studio life, travellers' arrivals, storms at sea, public criticism, and accidental crises that test loyalties and temperaments. The decaying urban landscape contrasts classical remnants with contemporary squalor, influencing character choices and moral reflections. The plot progresses through proposals, misunderstandings, and reconciliations, blending ironic observation of artistic society with sympathetic attention to personal misfortune and eventual resolution.
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