The Idolaters
Author: Gabriele D'Annunzio
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Languages: Italian, English, RU
Genre: Historical, Satire, Short story
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For days a bloody glow lingers over Radusa, and the crowd calls Giacobbe from the church steps.
Characters
- Giacobbe — fanatic and leader of the crowd: A feverish devotee who turns suspicion into war.
- Pallura — wounded carter: His bloody return triggers the revenge.
- Don Consolo — priest: He displays the relic during the ominous sky.
- the widow — Pallura's mother: Her lament attends her son's last efforts.