▁in ▁Bres cia , ▁R ov etta ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁many ▁nov els ▁and ▁short ▁stories ▁as ▁well ▁of ▁stage ▁plays , ▁mostly ▁dram as . ▁His ▁first ▁novel ▁was ▁M ater ▁dolor osa ▁( 1 8 8 2 ), ▁a ▁novel ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁of ▁the ▁nobles ▁that ▁achieved ▁a ▁consider ably ▁popular ▁success . ▁The ▁late ▁nin ete enth ▁century ▁English ▁novel ist ▁George ▁G iss ing ▁read ▁R ov etta ' s ▁La ▁Bar a onda ▁in ▁Italian ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁the ▁year ▁of ▁its ▁publication . ▁After ▁initially ▁saying ▁that ▁he ▁liked ▁it , ▁he ▁concluded ▁eventually ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" not ▁an ▁original ▁book " ▁as ▁it ▁re called ▁" to o ▁strongly ▁French ▁and ▁Russian ▁nov els ". ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁the ▁drama ▁Rom antic ismo , ▁who ' s ▁success ▁was ▁partly ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁patri otic ▁content ; ▁it ▁was ▁later ▁adapted ▁in ▁a ▁film ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁directed ▁by ▁Clement e ▁F rac ass i ▁and ▁star red ▁by ▁Am ede o ▁N azz ari ▁and ▁Clara ▁Cal am ai . ▁In ▁theatre ▁Rom antic ismo ▁and ▁I ▁dis on esti ▁found ▁in ▁Pa ola ▁Pe zz aglia ▁an ▁ideal ▁interpreter . ▁ ▁Close ▁to ▁ver ismo , ▁his ▁works ▁represent ▁the ▁Lomb ard ▁political ▁and ▁the ▁b our ge ois ie ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁show ▁the ▁dis ill usion ment ▁for ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁the ▁ide als ▁of ▁the