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"The Adventures of Harlequin" by Francis Bickley is a romantic novel written in the early 20th century. Drawing on the commedia dell’arte, it follows the irrepressible Harlequin from a mischievous boyhood in Bergamo to a career of dancing and adventure in Venice, where he partners with the mandoline-playing Scaramouche and falls for the radiant Columbine. Around them swirl Violetta, Pierrot, the pompous Captain Spavente, and the domineering doctor Pantaloon, whose schemes and pride complicate young love and lively art.
The opening of the book traces Harlequin’s birth to a fruit-seller and his light-footed wife, his impish pranks, and his flight from Bergamo after a firecracker fiasco. On the road he meets Scaramouche, and together they captivate Venice from Burattino’s inn, humbling the blustering Spavente and dazzling aristocratic salons—while Harlequin hears of the sad Lady Isabella, jilted by Lelio for the mysterious Columbine. Smitten at first sight, Harlequin’s bungled visit to D
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