In this novel, two characters find a cupboard full of whips in an empty section of a house.
In this novel, two characters find a cupboard full of whips in an empty section of a house. A character in this novel tells a rape-y story about breaking into a convent and promising to return for the novices. This novel sarcastically describes a fat, knife-wielding "man of honor" in a section in which a feud is resolved by the partition of an almond grove. A painting of The Death of the Just Man and a cart full of bull carcasses are contemplated by the protagonist after a ball. In this novel's last chapter, three old women are told that their religious relics are fakes, leading one to throw a taxidermied dog out the window. The title character allows the marriage of his nephew Tancredi to Angelica, the daughter of a social-climbing mayor. For 10 points, name this novel set during the Risorgimento and titled for Prince Fabrizio's coat of arms, a work of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
In this novel, two characters find a cupboard full of whips in an empty section of a house.
The Leopard [or Il Gattopardo]