Length24h 4m
About this audiobook
Set against the intellectual and religious fervor of Renaissance Florence, a young woman's scholarship becomes her refuge from a treacherous marriage. Her journey is one of painful liberation, navigating the chaos of a city in revolt to find a moral compass of her own.
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Rating★★★★ 3.7 (14.7K)
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GenreLiterary Classics, Historical Fiction, General Fiction
Length24 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Shipwrecked Stranger.
26The Garment of Fear.
2Breakfast for Love.
27The Young Wife.
3The Barber’s Shop.
28The Painted Record.
4First Impressions.
29A Moment of Triumph.
5The Blind Scholar and his Daughter.
30The Avenger’s Secret.
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6Dawning Hopes.
31Fruit is Seed.
7A Learned Squabble.
32A Revelation.
8A Face in the Crowd.
33Baldassarre makes an Acquaintance.
9A Man’s Ransom.
34No Place for Repentance.
10Under the Plane-Tree.
35What Florence was thinking of.
11Tito’s Dilemma.
36Ariadne discrowns herself.
12The Prize is nearly grasped.
37The Tabernacle Unlocked.
13The Shadow of Nemesis.
38The Black Marks become Magical.
14The Peasants’ Fair.
39A Supper in the Rucellai Gardens.
15The Dying Message.
40An Arresting Voice.
16A Florentine Joke.
41Coming Back.
17Under the Loggia.
42Romola in her Place.
18The Portrait.
43The Unseen Madonna.
19The Old Man’s Hope.
44The Visible Madonna.
20The Day of the Betrothal.
45At the Barber’s Shop.
21Florence expects a Guest.
46By a Street Lamp.
22The Prisoners.
47Check.
23After-Thoughts.
48Counter-Check.
24Inside the Duo.
49The Pyramid of Vanities.
25Outside the Duomo.
50Tessa Abroad and at Home.
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