

THE DESIRE OF LIFE
By
MATILDE SERAO
AUTHOR OF
"AFTER THE PARDON,"
"THE CONQUEST OF ROME," ETC.
Translated from the Italian
by
WILLIAM COLLINGE, M.A.
London: GREENING & CO.
New York: BRENTANO'S
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | |
| CHAPTER I | 5 |
| CHAPTER II | 21 |
| CHAPTER III | 35 |
| CHAPTER IV | 46 |
| CHAPTER V | 65 |
| CHAPTER VI | 70 |
| CHAPTER VII | 92 |
| CHAPTER VIII | 120 |
| CHAPTER IX | 129 |
| CHAPTER X | 147 |
| CHAPTER XI | 161 |
| CHAPTER XII | 172 |
| CHAPTER XIII | 178 |
| CHAPTER XIV | 186 |
| CHAPTER XV | 202 |
| CHAPTER XVI | 223 |
| CHAPTER XVII | 231 |
| CHAPTER XVIII | 252 |
| CHAPTER XIX | 272 |
| CHAPTER XX | 295 |
"How light it is still!" said Don Vittorio Lante, aftera long silence.
"Evening falls much later among the high mountains,"suggested Lucio Sabini.
The great