| Malombra | |
| Author: | Antonio Fogazzaro |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
| Genre: | Gothic |
| Release Date: | 1881 |
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Malombra is an 1881 novel by the Italian writer Antonio Fogazzaro. It is a Gothic story set close to Lake Como in the mid-Nineteenth century. It was Fogazzaro's debut novel.[1]
A young woman living in a castle, comes to believe that she is the returned spirit of a former aristocrat who once live there.
The novel was turned into films on two occasions: a 1917 silent film directed by Carmine Gallone and a 1942 film directed by Mario Soldati. In 1974 the story was adapted as a miniseries for Italian television.