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一名单身护理师骗家人说自己有男友，只好赶在24天之内，想方设法要找个伴带回家过圣诞。

FromCesarePavese’snovel"LaBellaEstate"publishedin1949byEinaudi.It’s1938andwe’reinTurin.Giniaissixteenyearsold,andthefutureseemstoofferendlesspossibilities.Butherpresent,likethatofothers,isovershadowedbytheSecondWorldWar.Likeeveryone,Giniawantstofallinlove,andshefindshermaninayoungpainter.ShediscoverstheartisticcirclesofbohemianTurinthankstoherguideAmelia,asensualandprovocativeyoungwomanwho’sbarelyolderthanGiniabutissoverydifferentfromanyoneelseshe’severmetandisreadytoshakeupGinia’smanyconvictions.Tornbetweenasenseofdutyandthediscoveryofadesirewhichconfusesher,Giniaisoverwhelmedbyemotionswhichshedoesn’tdaregiveanameto.Duringher“beautifulsummer”,shefinallysuccumbstoherfeelings,celebratinghercouragetobeherself.

Edmond Dantès is a 19-year-old sailor who was falsely accused of treason and is imprisoned without trial in the Château d’If, a grim island fortress off Marseille. After many years of captivity, he finally escapes and, under the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, plans to take revenge on those who have wrongly accused him.