{{Short description|1891 novel by Gabriele D'Annunzio}} {{Infobox book| | name = Giovanni Episcopo | image = File:Giovanni_Episcopo.png | caption = | author = [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]] | translator = | country = Italy | language = Italian | publisher = | pub_date = 16 February–1 March 1891 | english_pub_date = 1896 | pages = }} '''''Giovanni Episcopo''''' is an 1891 novel by the Italian writer [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]]. It tells the story of a poor Italian clerk who is humiliated by his wife and a dominant co-worker. It was D'Annunzio's second novel. It took inspiration from Russian writers such as [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Charles|first=Dudley Warner|year=2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxh8AVUAZYAC&pg=PA576|title=A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol. II|publisher=Cosimo, Inc|page=576|isbn=978-1-60520-189-4}}</ref>
==Publication== The novel was serialised in the journal ''Protonotari'' in three parts from 16 February to 1 March 1891, for which D'Annunzio was paid 1000 [[Italian lira|lire]]. It was published in book form the year after.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Andreoli|first=Annamaria|year=2008|title=Il vivere inimitabile: vita di Gabriele D'Annunzio|language=Italian|publisher=[[Arnoldo Mondadori Editore]]|page=171|isbn=9788804474128}}</ref> An English translation by Myrta Leonora Jones was published in 1896 as ''Episcopo and Company''. A new translation by [[Raymond Rosenthal]] was published in 1988 as part of the volume ''Nocturne and Five Tales of Love and Death''.<ref>{{Cite book|year=2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myLDA0_brhcC&pg=PA336|title=Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L|page=336|isbn=1-884964-36-2 | last1=Classe | first1=O. | publisher=Taylor & Francis }}</ref>
==Adaptations== The book was the basis for a 1916 film with the same title directed by Mario Gargiulo, starring Achille Vitti, Tina Xeo and Alberto Casanova. It was adapted for film again in 1947 under the title ''[[Flesh Will Surrender]]'', directed by [[Alberto Lattuada]] and starring [[Aldo Fabrizi]], [[Yvonne Sanson]] and [[Roldano Lupi]].<ref>{{Cite book|year=1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&pg=PA105|title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film|page=105| isbn=978-3-11-095194-3 | last1=Goble | first1=Alan | publisher=Walter de Gruyter }}</ref>
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