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Amore Dure - Passages From the Diary of Spiridion Trepka; With a Dedication by Amy Levy
Paperback
HorrorMystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781447405627
Publisher: Fantasy and Horror Classics
Published: May 4 2011
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.12 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Love Endures: Hard love. A fatal obsession with a beautiful ghost.
This seminal work of supernatural fiction, penned by the brilliant writer and intellectual Vernon Lee (Violet Paget, 1856-1935), is a cornerstone of the Edwardian ghost story tradition, blending historical scholarship with psychological and spectral terror.
The story is presented as the diary entries of Spiridion Trepka, a young, ardent Polish scholar. Spiridion travels to the fictional Italian town of Urbania to research the archives and connect with the glorious, romantic past of Italy he so passionately adores.
His research quickly derails as he becomes fatally captivated by the story of Medea da Carpi, a real-life 16th-century noblewoman. Medea was a celebrated beauty whose reputation as a ruthless femme fatale was cemented by the violent, sudden deaths of every man who ever loved her. She was ultimately executed at the age of 27.
Spiridion's obsession deepens when he discovers her portrait, bearing the chilling motto, Amour Dure--Dure Amour (Love endures--Hard love). Neglecting his work, he descends into a vortex of fevered fantasy, convinced he is communing with Medea's spirit. When he receives letters written in her hand, guiding him toward a dark act of historical vengeance, he must choose between sanity and the terrifying promise of eternal love from a vengeful, centuries-old specter.
Amore Dure is not just a ghost story; it is a chilling exploration of the destructive power of the past, the fine line between historical scholarship and mental breakdown, and the ultimate, fatal price of obsessive desire.
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