Gadfly (masterpiece of World Literature)
by J
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On a hot evening in June, with all the windows open, college student Arthur Bolton was looking through a stack of sermons in the library of the Theological Seminary of Pisa. The Abbot, the Abbe Montanelli, looked at him lovingly. Arthur was born in Italy to the family of a wealthy British businessman named Burton. He was nominally the son of Burton and his second wife, but in fact he was the illegitimate son of his second wife and Montanelli. Arthur has been discriminated against by his half-brothers and sisters-in-law at home since he was a child, and he saw his mother being tortured and insulted by them. He was very unhappy mentally, but he never knew the truth of the matter. Arthur respected Father Montanelli's profound knowledge and regarded him as a good teacher and father. He repaid Montanelli's care for him with a sincere heart. At that time, Italy was being invaded by Austria, and the Young Italy Party's idea of fighting for national independence attracted passionate young people. Arthur decided to dedicate himself to this cause. Montanelli was very disturbed after discovering Arthur's activities and tried every means to dissuade him; but Arthur felt that there was no contradiction between being a devout believer and a person fighting for Italian independence. At a secret gathering, Arthur met his teenage girlfriend Gemma and fell in love with her quietly.
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