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Annetta

Annetta, the main female character in "A Life", is the young careless daughter of the rich banker Maller.
A lively, passionate, somehow haughty lady, she is haunted by admirers and aspires to be a writer.
She convinces Alfonso Nitti to write a novel with her, which turns to be an illegible commonplace book. After seducing her, Alfonso will abandon and leave Annetta to decide about her destiny.

Italo Svevo introduces her with these words:

... Mrs. Annetta came into the room and Alfonso got up, bewildered. She was a beautiful girl, although he did not fancy her large rosy face. Her tall height, and the pale-coloured robe highlighting her fleshy silhouette, could not please a sentimental man. In such a perfection, Alfonso found that her eyes were not dark enough and her hair was not curly. He could not tell why, but he wished they were.

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Le 6A

• Annetta
• Amalia
• Angiolina
• Ada
• Alberta
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