Vanina Vanini

"Vanina Vanini"
Short story by Stendhal
Poster from the 1961 film version
LanguageFrench
Publication
SeriesChroniques italiennes (Italian Chronicles)

Vanina Vanini is a short story published in 1829 by Stendhal (1783–1842), the pen name of Marie-Henri Beyle. Set in the 1820s during the early Risorgimento, when Italy was under Austrian control, it concerns the love affair of a young Roman princess and a revolutionary carbonaro.