Title: The Gadfly
First published: 1897
Description: The Gadfly was published in 1897, and its original publishers feared a hostile public reaction to its theme of revolution. Instead, it quickly became a classic of socialism, one of the very first politically aware novels. A story of love and conspiracy, it was based in part on the early life of Sidney Rosenblum, better known as "Reilly Ace of Spies" -- Voynich's boyfriend at the time.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Historical Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Revolutionaries, Italy -- History -- Revolution of 1848 -- Fiction, Revolutionaries -- Fiction, Italy -- History -- 1815-1870 -- Fiction
Places: Italy
Time periods: Revolution of 1848, 1815-1870
LC classification: PR'6043'O78'G3'1967