The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete — Page 5
The Mystery unfolded—Another Recognition, which, it is to be hoped, the Reader could not foresee
Il Mistero svelato—Un altro Riconoscimento, che, è da sperare, il Lettore non poteva prevedere
CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE. A retrospective Link, necessary for the Concatenation of these Memoirs
CAPITOLO SESSANTACINQUE. Un collegamento retrospettivo, necessario per la Concatenazione di queste Memorie
CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX. The History draws near a Period
CAPITOLO SESSANTASEI. La Storia si avvicina alla Fine
CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN. The Longest and the Last
CAPITOLO SESSANTASETTE. Il più Lungo e l'Ultimo
ILLUSTRATIONS
ILLUSTRAZIONI
Titlepage of Part One
Frontespizio della Prima Parte
Frontispiece of Part One
Antiporta della Prima Parte
He Opened the Repository
Aprì il Repositorio
Titlepage of Part Two
Frontespizio della Seconda Parte
Frontispiece of Part Two
Antiporta della Seconda Parte
You Are the Count de Melvil
Voi Siete il Conte de Melvil
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUZIONE
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Smollett's third novel, was given to the world in 1753.
Le Avventure di Ferdinand Conte Fathom, il terzo romanzo di Smollett, fu dato alle stampe nel 1753.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, writing to her daughter, the Countess of Bute, over a year later [January 1st, 1755], remarked that "my friend Smollett . . has certainly a talent for invention, though I think it flags a little in his last work."
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, scrivendo alla figlia, la Contessa di Bute, oltre un anno dopo [1° gennaio 1755], osservò che «il mio amico Smollett . . ha certamente un talento per l'invenzione, benché ritengo che svanisca un poco nella sua ultima opera».
Lady Mary was both right and wrong.
Lady Mary aveva sia ragione che torto.
The inventive power which we commonly think of as Smollett's was the ability to work over his own experience into realistic fiction.
La capacità inventiva che comunemente attribuiamo a Smollett era l'abilità di trasformare la propria esperienza in narrativa realistica.
Of this, Ferdinand Count Fathom shows comparatively little.
Di questo, Ferdinand Conte Fathom mostra relativamente poco.
It shows relatively little, too, of Smollett's vigorous personality, which in his earlier works was present to give life and interest to almost every chapter, were it to describe a street brawl, a ludicrous situation, a whimsical character, or with venomous prejudice to gibbet some enemy.
Mostra anche relativamente poca della vigorosa personalità di Smollett, che nelle sue opere precedenti era presente per dare vita e interesse a quasi ogni capitolo, che si trattasse di descrivere una rissa di strada, una situazione ridicola, un personaggio stravagante, o con velenoso pregiudizio di mettere alla berlina qualche nemico.
Vocabulary
- Mistero
- A puzzling or unexplained phenomenon or secret
- svelato
- Revealed or uncovered, past participle of svelare
- altro
- Another or other, indicating something additional
- Riconoscimento
- Recognition or acknowledgment of someone or something
- sperare
- To hope or wish for something desired
- Lettore
- A person who reads; a reader of texts
- prevedere
- To foresee or anticipate a future event
- CAPITOLO
- A chapter or main division within a book
- SESSANTACINQUE
- The number sixty-five
- collegamento
- A connection or link between things or ideas
- retrospettivo
- Looking back at past events; retrospective
- necessario
- Required or essential; something that must exist
- Concatenazione
- A chain or sequence of linked events or elements
- Memorie
- Memories or memoirs; personal recollections written down
- SESSANTASEI
- The number sixty-six
- Storia
- A story, history, or narrative account of events
- avvicina
- Approaches or draws near to something
- Fine
- The end or conclusion of something
- SESSANTASETTE
- The number sixty-seven
- Lungo
- Long in length or duration; extended
- Ultimo
- Last or final in a sequence or series
- ILLUSTRAZIONI
- Illustrations or images accompanying a text
- Frontespizio
- The title page of a book or publication
- Prima
- First; preceding all others in order
- Parte
- A part or section of a larger whole
- Antiporta
- Frontispiece illustration facing the title page
- Aprì
- He/she opened, past tense of aprire
- Repositorio
- A repository or storage place for items
- Seconda
- Second in order; following the first
- Conte
- A count or earl, a noble title
- INTRODUZIONE
- An introduction or opening section of a work
- Avventure
- Adventures or exciting, daring experiences
- terzo
- Third in order or sequence
- romanzo
- A novel or work of long fictional prose
- dato
- Given; past participle of dare
- stampe
- Printing presses or prints; publishing
- scrivendo
- Writing, gerund form of scrivere
- figlia
- A daughter; female offspring of a parent
- Contessa
- A countess; female holder of a noble title
- oltre
- Beyond or more than a given point
- anno
- A year; a period of twelve months
- dopo
- After or later in time or order
- gennaio
- January, the first month of the year
- osservò
- Observed or remarked; past tense of osservare
- amico
- A friend; a person one has a bond with
- certamente
- Certainly or definitely, without doubt
- talento
- A natural talent or exceptional ability
- invenzione
- Invention or creative imagination in storytelling
- benché
- Although or even though; concessive conjunction
- ritengo
- I believe or consider; first person of ritenere
- svanisca
- Fades or vanishes; subjunctive of svanire
- poco
- A little or few; small in quantity
- ultima
- Last or most recent; feminine form of ultimo
- opera
- A work, especially a literary or artistic creation
- ragione
- Reason or rightness; essere nel giusto
- torto
- Wrong or incorrect; being mistaken about something
- capacità
- Capacity or ability to do something
- inventiva
- Inventiveness or creative originality in thinking
- comunemente
- Commonly or generally, in a typical manner
- attribuiamo
- We attribute or assign a quality to someone
- abilità
- Skill or ability to perform something well
- trasformare
- To transform or convert into something different
- propria
- One's own; belonging to oneself specifically
- esperienza
- Experience gained through living or practice
- narrativa
- Narrative or fiction prose as a literary form
- realistica
- Realistic; depicting things as they truly are
- mostra
- Shows or displays; third person of mostrare
- relativamente
- Relatively or comparatively to something else
- Mostra
- Shows or an exhibition; display of something
- poca
- Little or few in quantity; feminine of poco
- vigorosa
- Vigorous or energetic; full of strength
- personalità
- Personality; the character traits of a person
- opere
- Works; plural of opera, literary or artistic works
- precedenti
- Previous or preceding; coming before the current
- presente
- Present; current or existing at this time
- dare
- To give; infinitive of the verb dare
- vita
- Life; the existence of a living being
- interesse
- Interest or attention drawn to something
- quasi
- Almost or nearly; very close to something
- ogni
- Every or each; referring to all members
- capitolo
- A chapter or section within a book
- trattasse
- Subjunctive imperfect of trattare; 'dealt with'
- descrivere
- To describe or depict in words
- rissa
- A brawl or fight between people
- strada
- A street or road in a town or city
- situazione
- A situation or set of circumstances at a moment
- ridicola
- Ridiculous or absurd; causing laughter or mockery
- personaggio
- A character in a story or notable person
- stravagante
- Extravagant or eccentric; behaving in an unusual way
- velenoso
- Venomous or poisonous; full of spite or venom
- pregiudizio
- Prejudice or bias against someone or something
- mettere
- To put or place something somewhere
- berlina
- Pillory or ridicule; publicly mock or shame someone
- qualche
- Some or a few; an indefinite small quantity
- nemico
- An enemy or foe; someone hostile toward another
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