An edition of Il fu Mattia Pascal (1904)

The Late Mattia Pascal

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An edition of Il fu Mattia Pascal (1904)

The Late Mattia Pascal

Tra edition
  • 3.75 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 32 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

English:
The novel is about Mattia Pascal, who leaves home after one of the usual quarrels with his wife Romilda, and arrives in Monaco, where he wins thousands of pounds. So much money and a news story that he reads -announcing his death ( but it is the corpse of a desperate man who killed himself by jumping into a well)- suggests him to simulate its death and to start a new life. Mattia renamed Adriano Meis went to live in Rome. And...

Italian:
Il romanzo narra la storia di Mattia Pascal, che si allontana di casa dopo una delle consuete liti con la moglie Romilda, e, arrivato a Montecarlo, vince decine di migliaia di lire. Il possesso di una grossa somma e la lettura di una notizia di cronaca che annuncia la sua morte (una bufala; in realtà si tratta del cadavere di un disperato che si è ucciso gettandosi nel pozzo di casa Pascal), lo inducono a simulare la propria morte e a tentare di cominciare una nuova vita. Mattia ribattezzato Adriano Meis va a vivere a Roma. E...

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Publisher
NYRB Classics
Language
English
Pages
272

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Cover of: The late Mattia Pascal
The late Mattia Pascal
2005, New York Review Books
in English
Cover of: The Late Mattia Pascal
The Late Mattia Pascal
November 30, 2004, NYRB Classics
Paperback in English - Tra edition
Cover of: Il fu Mattia Pascal.
Il fu Mattia Pascal.
1988, Mondadori
in Italian
Cover of: The late Mattia Pascal
Cover of: Il fu Mattia Pascal
Il fu Mattia Pascal: romanzo.
1919, Treves
in Italian - New ed.

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First Sentence

"The idea, or rather the suggestion that I should write this book was given me by my reverend friend, Don Eligio Pelegrinotto, the present librarian of the Boccamazza collection, to whom I will entrust this manuscript as soon as I have finished it, if I ever do."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
272
Dimensions
7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
Weight
10.4 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8845265M
ISBN 10
1590171152
ISBN 13
9781590171158
Library Thing
110650
Goodreads
12116

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