Task: Text Categorization
Input (English): exploring a series of dusty, unused rooms, one character in this work says "I'm your novice" to express her sexual desire, referencing a story her lover once told her at a dinner party. While taking a break from a ball, this novel's protagonist stops to examine a painting called Death of the Just Man. Later, that protagonist sees a cart of bloody bulls and contemplates Venus; on his deathbed he sees Venus again, this time in the form of a beautifully-dressed woman. This book's famous final scene sees the embalmed body of the protagonist's dog Bendico thrown out of a window onto a trash heap. In Chapter 4, this book's protagonist refuses Chevalley di Monterzuolo's offer to become a member of the new Senate, recommending instead the mayor of Donnafugata, Don Calogero. Earlier, the protagonist forces himself to petition Don Calogero for his daughter Angelica's hand in marriage on behalf of his nephew Tancredi Falconeri. FTP, identify this novel set during and after the Risorgimento which follows the life of Don Fabrizio, Prince of Salina, and is the best-known work of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
Output (English): Literature