He leaves before the Marquise can thank him. The Count finishes storming the citadel, attaining the surrender of the last pockets of resistance, and garrisoning the fort with his troopers. After he brings her to safety, she falls unconscious. However, she is saved by the Russian commander, Count F., appearing to her like an angel. During the Napoleonic Wars in Italy, while the citadel was over-run by Russian forces, the Marquise was about to be gang-raped by Russian soldiers. We learn Marquise is the daughter of Colonel G. places an announcement in the newspapers in a prominent north Italian town, saying she is pregnant and wishes the father of her child to come to her so she can marry him.
The story begins with a one-sentence paragraph - the widowed Marquise von O. The Marquise of O ( German: Die Marquise von O.) is a novella by Heinrich von Kleist on the subject of forced seduction. For the 1976 film based on this book, see The Marquise of O (film).
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