![]() ![]() On their wedding day, he reveals his identity to Nina, who dies as a result of being crushed by a rock dislodged in an earthquake. After Guido dies of wounds sustained in a duel, Romani (as "Oliva") proposes to Nina. Nina is unable to recognize her husband, in part because his hair has turned white from shock, and because he wears dark glasses. He adopts the persona "Cesare Oliva", a wealthy bachelor. Romani decides to seek revenge against Nina and Guido. When he returns home, he finds that his wife, Nina, and his best friend, Guido Ferrari, are continuing a long-standing affair, and that neither mourns his death. Inside the tomb, he finds a cache of valuable treasure hidden by the brigand Carmelo Neri and his gang. He awakens and manages to escape from his coffin. Amidst a cholera outbreak in Naples, Romani is mistakenly pronounced dead and placed in a coffin in an above-ground family tomb. ![]() The narrator, Fabio Romani, is an Italian count. The book was a popular success, but received tepid notices from critics. ![]() Corelli's second novel, it tells the story of an Italian count who, after being mistakenly declared dead, returns home to find his wife romantically involved with his best friend and seeks revenge on them both. ![]() Vendetta!, or The Story Of One Forgotten is an 1886 romance by Marie Corelli. Title page of an early edition of Vendetta. ![]()
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