Short Fiction · Character
Nina Pepé
A young woman of Italian warmth whose love story unfolds amid old-world loyalties and the pull of new affections.
supporting
Also known as April Nina Pepé, Nina, April, Nina Pepé, Anne
First appearance: The Last Austrian Who Left Venice
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Venetian woman who loves Austrian Captain von Vincke; she promises her brother not to see him until the war ends, but later marries him after Austria loses Venetia.
Nina Pepé moves through a world of Italian households and family expectations, her heart caught between the claims of tradition and the urgings of her own feeling. She is spirited and affectionate, and the tension between what is arranged for her and what she chooses for herself shapes her course. Her story gives the collection its Continental counterpoint to the English and Irish courtships around it.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Rural Romance & Family
- Protagonist
- Romantic Entanglements & Military
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Nina Pepé in The Last Austrian Who Left Venice