On their wedding day, he reveals his identity to Nina, who dies as a result of being crushed by a rock dislodged in an earthquake. After Guido dies of wounds sustained in a duel, Romani (as 'Oliva') proposes to Nina. Nina is unable to recognize her husband, in part because his hair has turned white from shock, and because he wears dark glasses. He adopts the persona 'Cesare Oliva', a wealthy bachelor. Romani decides to seek revenge against Nina and Guido. When he returns home, he finds that his wife, Nina, and his best friend, Guido Ferrari, are continuing a long-standing affair, and that neither mourns his death. Inside the tomb, he finds a cache of valuable treasure hidden by the brigand Carmelo Neri and his gang. He awakens and manages to escape from his coffin. Amidst a cholera outbreak in Naples, Romani is mistakenly pronounced dead and placed in a coffin in an above-ground family tomb. The narrator, Fabio Romani, is an Italian count. The book was a popular success, but received tepid notices from critics. Corelli's second novel, it tells the story of an Italian count who, after being mistakenly declared dead, returns home to find his wife romantically involved with his best friend and seeks revenge on them both. Vendetta!, or The Story Of One Forgotten is an 1886 romance by Marie Corelli. Send us feedback about these examples.Title page of an early edition of Vendetta.

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'vendetta.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2023 Is that a venti latte or just a vendetta? - Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2023 The motive for the slaying was a personal vendetta, according to court records. 2022 But what if the agent-or anyone who potentially reported my tweet-had more dirt on me, or had some kind of personal or political vendetta? - WIRED, 19 Mar. Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2022 Hiding behind a mousy pair of large glasses and a mane of snowy-white hair, Fonda’s Claire doesn’t exactly look like somebody with a vendetta. Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov.

2022 Lockhart asks, presuming a personal vendetta. 2022 Trump himself, who isn’t charged, has called the trial a baseless vendetta.

2023 Musk appears to be hand-crafting Twitter’s policies based not on academic research or expert opinion, but on caprice and personal vendetta.

Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. Recent Examples on the Web Green has become the victim of a personal NBA vendetta, but that doesn’t mean a suspension should ever happen to anyone under those circumstances.

Vendetta by Ed Frederico