The Intruder (Annotated)

The Intruder, first published in 1892 as L'Innocente, is one of Gabriele D'Annunzio's most unsettling psychological novels. Cast as the confession of Tullio Hermil, an aristocratic aesthete tormented by jealousy, erotic vanity, and moral paralysis, the book examines adultery, paternity, and guilt with a coldly elegant intensity. Its style joins Decadent luxuriance to the analytic inwardness of fin...