Gabriele D'Annunzio

by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

  Thanks to everyone involved in the book’s publication: my agent Felicity Rubinstein; my publisher Nicholas Pearson and everyone else at Fourth Estate; Andrew Miller and his colleagues at Knopf.

  Thanks as well to Jayne Hanks, without whose remarkable kindness and devotion to my family this book could never have been written.

  Thanks to Mary and Lettice for the immense pleasure of their company. Thanks and much love to Dan.

  ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

  The great majority of the illustrations are reproduced by kind permission of the Fondazione il Vittoriale degli Italiani. I am grateful to the archivist Alessandro Tonacci for his helpfulness in finding and supplying them. The exceptions are as follow:

  The photograph of d’Annunzio on the beach (here) is reproduced by permission of the Alinari Archive-Michetti Archive, Florence. The photograph of Luisa Casati by Adolphe Meyer (here) is reproduced by permission of The Casati Archives. The cartoon by Sem (here) is reproduced by permission of the Bridgeman Art Library. The photograph of Ida Rubinstein (here) is reproduced by permission of the Mary Evans Picture Library. In a few cases I regret that I have been unable to trace the copyright-holder of an image. Copyright-holders in images that are not credited here are asked to contact the publisher so that this can be rectified for all future editions.

  INDEX

  NOTE: Works by Gabriele d’Annunzio (Gd’A) appear directly under title; works by others under author’s name

  Abruzzi: d’Annunzio’s upbringing in, 4.1, 5.1; d’Annunzio writes on, 4.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2; sorcery and divination, 4.3; character and culture, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5; earthquakes (1915 and 2009), 27.1; and staging of Jorio’s Daughter, 24.1

  Abyssinia see Ethiopia

  Acqua Nuntia (scent)

  Action Française

  Adonis (Gd’A; poem)

  Adriatic: d’Annunzio’s attachment to

  Adua, Ethiopia: Italian defeat (1896)

  Aélis see Mazower, Amélie

  Agnelli, Giovanni, 28.1, 32.1

  Agostino Barbarigo (Italian cruiser)

  Albertini, Luigi: Ojetti writes to asking to advise d’Annunzio, 3.1; and d’Annunzio’s concern about military dress, 3.2; and d’Annunzio’s extravagance, 3.3; d’Annunzio writes for, 25.1; and theft of Mona Lisa, 26.1; declines to publish d’Annunzio’s Song of the Dardanelles, 26.2; and d’Annunzio at outbreak of war, 27.1, 27.2; reprints d’Annunzio’s pro-war speech in Sorbonne, 27.3; payments to d’Annunzio, 28.1; and d’Annunzio’s love of medals, 28.2; and d’Annunzio’s love of military actions, 28.3; ends collaboration with d’Annunzio, 29.1; and d’Annunzio’s occupation of Fiume, 30.1; and d’Annunzio’s view of tediousness of warfare, 31.1; and d’Annunzio’s view of fascist ideals, 32.1; and d’Annunzio’s withdrawal from world, 32.2; dismissed from editorship of Corriere della Sera, 32.3; supports war on Ethiopia, 32.4

  Alcyone (Gd’A) see Halcyon

  Aleramo, Sibilla

  Alexandria

  Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence, 9.1, 26.1

  Amalfi (Italian cruiser)

  Ambris, Alceste de: and administration of Fiume, 31.1, 31.2; helps d’Annunzio draft Fiume constitution (Charter of Carnaro), 31.3, 31.4, 32.1, 32.2; on Fiume legionaries’ behaviour, 31.5; and d’Annunzio’s desire to resume writing, 32.3; resists fascists in Parma, 32.4; harassed into exile, 32.5, 32.6

  Amendola, Giovanni

  Amicis, Edmondo de, 16.1, 24.1

  Andrea Doria (Italian warship)

  Andreoli, Annamaria

  Anguissola, Count, 18.1, 18.2

  Annunzio see d’Annunzio

  anti-semitism: in France

  Antonello da Messina

  Antongini, Tom: on d’Annunzio’s “kaleidoscope” life, 1.1; and d’Annunzio’s leaving Fiume, 2.1; on effect of d’Annunzio’s Rome speech on Queen Mother, 3.1; on d’Annunzio’s behaviour before leaving for front (1915), 3.2; on Duse, 20.1; on d’Annunzio’s extravagance, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1; on d’Annunzio’s reading, 24.2; on d’Annunzio’s self-indulgence, 24.3; on d’Annunzio’s not understanding jealousy in others, 24.4; on Rudini’s extravagance, 25.2; and d’Annunzio in France, 26.2, 26.3, 26.4, 26.5, 26.6; as d’Annunzio’s confidant, 26.7; researches St. Sebastian for d’Annunzio, 26.8; pawns objects for d’Annunzio, 26.9; on theft of Mona Lisa, 26.10; negotiates as d’Annunzio’s agent, 26.11, 26.12, 27.1; on d’Annunzio’s position in France in Great War, 27.2; accompanies d’Annunzio on wartime excursions, 27.3; on d’Annunzio’s casual timekeeping, 27.4; shopping for d’Annunzio, 28.1, 32.1, 32.2; urged to publicise d’Annunzio’s books, 28.2; on d’Annunzio’s screening off stuffed birds, 28.3; dines with d’Annunzio in war, 28.4; and d’Annunzio’s role as mascot, 28.5; translates d’Annunzio’s article for US publication, 28.6; and d’Annunzio’s request for Croix de Guerre, 28.7; and d’Annunzio’s giving up Arcachon house, 29.1; and d’Annunzio’s indecisiveness in battle for Fiume, 31.1; meets d’Annunzio in Venice after Fiume defeat, 31.2, 32.3; on advent of fascism in Italy, 32.4; on d’Annunzio’s garden at Vittoriale, 32.5; and d’Annunzio’s writing programme, 32.6; and d’Annunzio’s objection to fascists exploiting reputation, 32.7; and d’Annunzio’s plans for museum of war, 32.8; shocked at d’Annunzio’s appearance in old age, 32.9

  Aosta, Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of: d’Annunzio attached to staff in Great War, 3.1; at d’Annunzio’s address to troops, 28.1; d’Annunzio meets, 28.2; qualities, 28.3; commands at Isonzo offensive, 28.4; sends telegram to d’Annunzio on eye injury, 28.5; d’Annunzio conspires with, 29.1; and occupation of Fiume, 29.2; relieved of command and replaced by Badoglio, 29.3; visits Fiume, 30.1; as possible successor to King, 32.1; attends performance of Jorio’s Daughter at Vittoriale, 32.2

  Apollinaire, Guillaume

  Arbe (island)

  Arcachon, France: d’Annunzio’s house in, 3.1, 4.1, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 26.4, 26.5, 28.1; d’Annunzio gives up house, 29.1

  Arditi (elite troops): character, 29.1, 29.2; and occupation of Fiume, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 30.5; enforce law in Fiume, 31.1, 31.2; and Keller, 31.3; in battle with Italian troops for Fiume, 31.4; d’Annunzio advises against joining fascists, 32.1

  Arditismo Civile (movement)

  Aretino, Pietro: Dubious Loves and Luxurious Sonnets

  Assisi: d’Annunzio visits with Duse, 24.1, 27.1

  Austro-Hungarian Empire: defeated and dismembered (1918), 1.1, 2.1, 29.1, 29.2, 29.3; Italy declares war on, 3.1, 28.1; war with Prussia (1866), 16.1; occupies Italian territories, 24.1; and outbreak of Great War, 27.1; negotiates for Italian neutrality, 27.2; fighting methods, 28.2; Caporetto victory, 28.3; army stalls, 28.4; Italian naval attack on Buccari, 28.5; peace overtures and armistice with Italy, 28.6

  Avanti! (newspaper)

  “Aventine Secession” (1924), 32.1, 32.2

  Avezzano, Italy: destroyed in earthquake

  Baccara, Jolanda, 32.1, 32.2

  Baccara, Luisa: as d’Annunzio’s mistress, 29.1, 30.1, 31.1, 32.1, 32.2, 32.3; music-making, 29.2, 30.2, 31.2, 32.4; appearance and qualities, 30.3; in Fiume, 30.4, 31.3; given cockatoo by Keller, 30.5, 31.4; unpopularity among Fiumans, 31.5; independence, 31.6; Keller blames for influence on d’Annunzio, 31.7; dress, 32.5; and Duse’s impending visit to Vittoriale, 32.6; jealousy of d’Annunzio, 32.7; sent away during d’Annunzio’s wife’s visit, 32.8; and d’Annunzio’s funeral, 32.9

  Badoglio, General Pietro, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 32.1, 32.2, 32.3, 32.4

  Bakst, Léon, 2.1, 26.1, 26.2

  Balbo, Italo, 29.1, 32.1, 32.2, 32.3

  “Balkis” see Levi, Olga Brünner

  Balla, Giacomo

  Ballets Russes, 2.1, 26.1

  Balzac, Honoré de

  Banquet, Le (Paris journal)

  Barbara see Leoni, Countess Elvira Fraternali

  Barbara, St

  “Barbarella” (d’Annunzio’s lover)

  Barbella, Constantino, 7.1, 7.2

  Barbey d’Aurevilly, Jules Amédée

  Barbieri, Colonel

  Barjansky, Catherine,
26.1, 27.1

  Barney, Natalie, 3.1, 26.1, 26.2

  Barrès, Maurice, 2.1, 26.1, 26.2, 28.1

  Barzini, Luigi, 25.1, 27.1

  Baudelaire, Charles, 10.1, 12.1

  Bava-Beccaris, General Fiorenzo

  Beach, Sylvia

  beauty: cult of, 22.1, 22.2

  Beerbohm, Sir Max

  Beltramo (pilot), 28.1, 28.2, 28.3

  Benedict XV, Pope

  Benelli, Sam

  Bennet, Gordon

  Berenson, Bernard, 21.1, 25.1

  Beretta sisters (shopkeepers)

  Bergson, Henri, 25.1, 26.1

  Bernhardt, Sarah, 1.1, 20.1, 21.1, 24.1

  Bestia Elettiva, La (Gd’A; article)

  Biondo, Giovanni di

  Bismarck, Prince Otto von

  Bissolati, Leonida

  Bixio, Nino, 2.1, 28.1, 29.1

  blackshirts; see also Arditi; fascists

  Blériot, Louis, 2.1, 25.1, 26.1

  Boito, Arrigo

  Bologna: socialists in

  Bologna, Luigi, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3

  Book of the Virgins, The (later The Virgin Orsola; Gd’A; story), 4.1

  Bosis, Adolfo de, 14.1, 14.2

  Boulanger, General Georges

  Boulanger, Marcel, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1, 31.1, 32.1

  Boulanger, Susanne, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1

  Bourget, Paul: Essai de psychologie contemporaine

  Boylesve, René, 1.1, 2.1, 26.1

  Braque, Georges, 26.1, 28.1

  Brescia air show, 2.1, 25.1

  Brescia Combatants’ Association

  Bresciani, Luigi

  Brod, Max, 2.1, 25.1

  Brooke, Rupert, 3.1, 27.1, 28.1, 30.1

  Brooks, Romaine, 3.1, 12.1, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1, 28.2, 29.1, 32.1

  Browne, Sir Thomas

  Brozzi, Renato, 32.1, 32.2

  Bruni, T. (poet)

  Buccari, Bay of: Italian naval raid on

  Bülow, Prince Bernhard Heinrich Martin Karl von

  Bülow, Daniela Senta von (Henry Thode’s wife)

  Burton, Sir Richard

  Byron, George Gordon, 1.1th Baron, 5.1, 15.1

  Cabiria (film), 26.1, 26.2

  Cabruna, Ernesto

  Cadorin, Guido

  Cadorna, General Luigi: as Italian Commander-in-Chief, 1.1, 3.1; allows d’Annunzio to visit front freely, 3.2; tactics, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 29.1; telegram to d’Annunzio in hospital with eye injury, 28.4; King supports and retains as C.-in-C., 28.5; d’Annunzio hints at receiving award, 28.6; informs d’Annunzio of mother’s death, 28.7; and Caporetto defeat, 28.8; replaced by Diaz, 28.9, 29.2

  Cagni, Umberto, 21.1, 28.1

  Caillaux, Joseph

  Calderara, Mario

  Cannadine, David

  Canto Novo (Gd’A; poems)

  Capello, Bianca

  Capitan Fracassa (weekly paper), 8.1, 8.2, 20.1

  Caporetto, Battle of (1917), 28.1, 28.2, 29.1; enquiry into, 29.2

  Capponcina (villa), Settignano, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4; library restored to d’Annunzio, 32.1

  Caproni, Gianni, 28.1, 28.2

  Carducci, Giosuè, 3.1, 5.1, 10.1, 25.1; Hymn to Satan, 5.2; Odi Barbare, 5.3

  Cargnacco, Villa see Vittoriale

  Carli, Mario, 29.1, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 31.4

  Carlyle, Thomas, 5.1, 5.2, 11.1, 18.1

  Carnaro, Charter of, 1.1, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 32.1

  Carolis, Adolfo de

  Carrà, Carlo, 25.1, 32.1

  Carrère, Jean

  Carso (now Karst), 28.1, 28.2, 28.3

  Casanova de Seingalt, Giacomo Girolamo

  Casati, Marchese

  Casati, Marchesa Luisa: affair with d’Annunzio, 1.1, 25.1, 26.1; bisexuality, 12.1; background and style, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 26.2; at Brescia air show, 25.5; portrayed in Maybe Yes, Maybe No, 25.6; in Paris, 26.3, 27.1; in Great War, 27.2; in Venice, 28.1; d’Annunzio visits on Capri, 29.1; d’Annunzio cancels invitation to Vittoriale, 32.1; Roman villa, 32.2; gives tortoise to d’Annunzio, 32.3; visits d’Annunzio in Vittoriale, 32.4, 32.5

  Castellane, Comte Boni de

  Cattaro, Gulf of (now Kotor), 27.1, 28.1, 28.2

  Caviglia, General Enrico, 29.1, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3

  Ceccherini, General Sante, 30.1, 31.1

  “Cenacolo” (group), 7.1, 7.2

  Cervignano, 28.1, 28.2

  Charter of Carnaro see Carnaro, Charter of

  Chateaubriand, René, Vicomte de: René

  Chèvrefeuille, Le (“Honeysuckle”; Gd’A; play)

  Chiarini, Piero, 5.1, 8.1

  Chicherin, Georgy

  Chiesa, Pietro

  Chimera, La (Gd’A; poems)

  Chirico, Giorgio de, 32.1, 32.2

  Churchill, Clementine

  Churchill, (Sir) Winston

  Ciano, Count Galeazzo, 29.1, 32.1

  Ciano, Edda (née Mussolini)

  Circolo della Caccia (foxhunting club), 9.1, 21.1

  Città Morte, La (Gd’A) see Dead City, The

  Clemenceau, Georges

  Cocteau, Jean

  Colleoni, Bartolomeo: statue, 28.1, 29.1

  Colonna di Sciarra, Prince Maffeo

  Comisso, Giovanni, 2.1, 29.1, 29.2, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 31.4

  “Command Passes to the People, The” (Gd’A; article)

  Communist Party of Italy: suppressed by fascists

  Complete Works (Gd’A)

  Conti, Angelo

  Convito (journal)

  Corfu

  Corradini, Enrico

  Corriere di Napoli, 18.1, 18.2

  Corriere della Sera, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1, 26.2, 27.1, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 29.1, 30.1, 32.1

  Cozzani, Ettore

  Crispi, Francesco: on building Rome, 9.1; on Garibaldi, 11.1; bellicosity, 16.1, 22.1, 25.1; on parliamentary process, 18.1; government falls after Adua defeat (1896), 22.2; depicted in d’Annunzio’s Glory, 24.1; succeeded by Giolitti, 26.1

  Critica Fascista (journal)

  Croce, Benedetto: dislikes d’Annunzio, 1.1; d’Annunzio meets in Naples, 18.1; on d’Annunzio’s betrayal of Gravina, 18.2; repelled by d’Annunzio’s love of violence, 26.1

  Cronaca Bizantina (journal)

  Curtiss, Glenn, 2.1, 25.1

  Dadaists

  Dalmatia: post-war Italian claims on, 29.1, 29.2

  Dalton, Hugh (later Baron)

  Dame Rose (farm), Villacoublay, 26.1, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3

  Damerini, Gino, 3.1, 3.2, 28.1, 28.2

  D’Annunziana (magazine)

  d’Annunzio, Francesco (d’Annunzio’s cousin): suicide

  d’Annunzio, Francesco Paolo (born Rapagnetta; Gabriele’s father): name, 4.1; background and career, 4.2, 14.1; character, 4.3; entertains Victor Emmanuel II, 5.1; and d’Annunzio’s schooling, 5.2, 5.3; emotional frigidity, 5.4; and d’Annunzio’s nationalism, 5.5; idolises Napoleon, 5.6; pays for printing of d’Annunzio’s early poems, 5.7; pride in d’Annunzio’s writings, 6.1; opposes d’Annunzio’s liaison with Giselda, 6.2;

  d’Annunzio, Francesco Paolo (born Rapagnetta; Gabriele’s father): abstemious drinking, 7.1; lends Villa Fuoco to d’Annunzio on marriage to Maria, 10.1; financial problems, 13.1; in d’Annunzio’s Triumph of Death, 13.2; death, 18.1

  d’Annunzio, Gabriele:

  ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS: reading, 1.1, 2.1, 7.1, 24.1, 32.1; musical interests and appreciation, 2.2, 2.3, 7.2, 24.2, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 32.2, 32.3; horseriding, 2.4, 24.3, 25.1, 28.4; passion for aviation and flying, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 25.2, 25.3, 26.2, 28.5, 28.6, 28.7; keeps greyhounds, 3.3, 3.4, 24.4, 26.3, 27.2, 27.3, 31.1; languages, 5.1; swimming, 7.3, 14.1; preoccupation with fashion, 9.1, 15.1, 30.1; as conservationist, 9.2; duelling, 11.1, 25.4; fencing, 11.2, 24.5; sunbathing in nude, 14.2, 19.1; observes autopsies, 18.1; foxhunting, 21.1, 25.5; interior decoration and design, 24.6, 32.4, 32.5, 32.6, 32.7, 32.8; takes up bicycling, 24.7; riding accidents, 24.8, 25.6; sporting activities, 24.9; collects gloves as trophies, 24.10; motoring
, 25.7, 32.9; takes first flight, 25.8; collects books in France, 26.4; cinema and film-making, 26.5; boxing, 26.6; smoking, 28.8; art purchases, 28.9; pet tortoise, 32.10, 32.11; acquires gramophones, 32.12, 32.13; keeps pet Great Danes, 32.14; library, 32.15; watches films, 32.16

  CHARACTERISTICS: dual nature, 1.1; easy charm, 2.1, 2.2, 26.1; precocity, 2.3; voice, 2.4; oratory and eloquence, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 29.1, 29.2, 30.1, 32.1; extravagance, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 10.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.2, 28.1, 30.2, 31.1, 32.2; patriotic fervour, 5.1; indecisiveness, 6.1, 19.1; celebrity, 13.1, 19.2, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 25.2; depressions and black moods, 18.1, 24.5, 25.3, 25.4, 27.1, 29.3, 31.2, 32.3; self-pity, 18.2, 19.3; speaking voice and manner, 20.1; fastidiousness, 24.6, 24.7; playfulness and sense of humour, 24.8, 32.4, 32.5, 32.6; fast and risky living, 26.3; mental disturbance, 25.5; bellicosity, 25.6, 26.4, 27.2; tipping, 26.5; invective, 30.3; waywardness, 31.3; loneliness and boredom, 31.4; eccentricities, 32.7; reclusiveness, 32.8

  FINANCES: debts and money problems, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 7.1, 14.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 26.1, 26.2; literary earnings, 2.3, 21.1, 32.1; attitude to money, 10.1; bankruptcy, 18.5; prosperity, 24.1, 24.2; financial ruin, 25.5

  HEALTH: blinded in one eye in flying accident, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 31.1, 32.1; venereal disease, 2.3, 3.1, 26.1, 31.2, 32.2, 32.3; haemorrhoids, 26.2; health decline, 32.4; falls from window and fractures skull, 32.5

  LITERARY LIFE: notebooks, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 19.1, 26.1, 28.1, 28.2, 32.1; literary career, 2.2; earnings, 2.3, 21.1, 32.2; literary celebrity, 2.4, 2.5; early poetry, 5.1, 5.2; influenced by English Romantics, 5.3, 5.4, 12.1; borrows from other writers, 7.1; practises journalism in Rome, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 17.1; noms de plume, 10.3; uses archaic language in poems, 10.4; erotic imagery, 13.1; writes on Italian navy, 14.1; experimental fiction, 15.1; writes on suicide, 18.1; launches Convito (journal), 22.1; and drama in Italy, 23.1; studies and revives medieval texts, 24.1; uses dictionary, 24.2; funeral and celebratory odes, 24.3; theatrical demands and sets, 24.4; works placed on Vatican’s Index of forbidden books, 26.2; publicises own books, 28.3; celebrates Gorizia victory with poem, 28.4; resumes writing, 32.3, 32.4, 32.5, 32.6; autobiography, 32.7

  PERSONAL LIFE: culture, 1.1; appearance and dress, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 18.1, 19.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 25.1, 26.1, 26.2, 28.1, 30.1, 32.1; notoriety and fame, 1.4; image and self-publicity, 1.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 19.2; sexual frankness and explicitness, 1.6, 2.9, 8.2, 13.1, 18.2, 32.2; opposing views of, 1.7; claims early death, 2.10, 5.1; in Naples, 2.11, 18.3, 18.4; promiscuity and affairs, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 3.2, 3.3, 12.1, 13.2, 18.5, 21.1, 24.4, 24.5, 24.6, 25.2, 32.3, 32.4, 32.5, 32.6, 32.7, 32.8; trip to Greece, 2.15, 19.3; seduction technique, 2.16, 9.2; effect on others, 2.17, 2.18; in Paris, 2.19, 3.4, 3.5, 24.7, 25.3, 26.3, 27.1; poor teeth, 2.20, 2.21; occupies and owns Vittoriale (above Lake Garda), 2.22, 32.9, 32.10, 32.11, 32.12, 32.13, 32.14; takes cocaine and opiates, 2.23, 30.2, 32.15, 32.16, 32.17, 32.18, 32.19, 32.20; returns to Italy from France (1915), 3.6, 27.2; military uniforms, 3.7; idolised in Great War, 3.8; name, 4.1; birth and background, 4.2, 14.1; childhood and upbringing, 4.3, 5.2, 9.3; education, 4.4, 5.3, 5.4; attempts to seize swallow’s eggs as boy, 4.5; birth caul preserved, 4.6; knife cut as child, 5.5; sexual initiation, 6.2; moves to Rome, 6.3, 8.3; trip to Sardinia, 6.4; refuses permission to Giselda to sell letters, 6.5; membership of Cenacola, 7.2; travels in Abruzzi, 7.3; marches with Cicognini from Prato to Poggio a Caiano, 9.4; social ambitions in Rome, 9.5, 9.6; on aristocratic behaviour and manners, 9.7; children, 10.1, 10.2, 14.2, 18.6; returns to Rome as married man, 10.3; as aesthete, 10.4, 22.1, 22.2; baldness, 11.1, 31.1; sexual ambiguity and preferences, 12.2; and father’s financial difficulties, 13.3; claims to have been born at sea, 14.3; sails with de Bosis in Adriatic and rescued, 14.4; quits La Tribuna job and moves to Francavilla, 15.1; moves homes after publication of Pleasure, 18.7; reputation, 18.8, 24.8; beard, 18.9, 19.4; monocle, 18.10, 24.9, 30.3; and father’s death, 18.11; charged with adultery, 18.12; Michetti portrait of, 19.5; social success, 21.2; in Egypt with Duse, 21.3, 22.3, 24.10; visits Assisi with Duse, 24.11; home in Capponcina (Settignano), 24.12, 24.13, 24.14, 24.15, 24.16; working routine, 24.17, 24.18, 24.19, 24.20, 25.4; appetite, 24.21, 32.21;