is Italian woman writer Neera’s tenth novel, published in 1889 as part of a trilogy of novels (

and

) dedicated to the exploration of post-Unification Italian reality “dalla parte di lei” [from the female perspective] (qtd. in Arslan,

128). In this novel Neera explores fin de siècle female reality within marriage, criticizing the way bourgeois society “prepares” women for wifedom with false expectations. After narrating the stories of a spinster’s hysteria and a bachelorette’s suicide in

and

, respectively, Neera suggests in this concluding novel of the trilogy that not even marriage offers women happiness and fulfillment.

The novel opens with the female protagonist Marta’s sense of surprise, the

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Citation: Ramsey-Portolano, Catherine. "L’Indomani". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 February 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=31983, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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