Word: guila
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Then there bursts into the village the radiant Guila, sister-in-law of Professor Spinosi, a fascinating woman whose metropolitan dress and manners shock the slumbering inhabitants into buzzing activity. All the men, young and old, flock around her, and inhale new life from her glowing personality and energetic example. Deftly she deals telling blows at the smug complacency of the Academy savants and as a final coup d'etat arranges the marriage of Marcella to Enrico...
...Guila's mission ended, she brings her visit to a close; while the youth of the village find new joy in the spirit she has awakened within them and the outraged savants with a sigh of relief return to their pondering...