Vestire gli ignudi: Commedia in tre atti

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936

Language:

Italian

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Vestire gli ignudi: Commedia in tre atti" by Luigi Pirandello is a three-act play written in the early 20th century. The play explores themes of identity, societal expectation, and the struggles of its main characters, particularly Ersilia Drei and Ludovico Nota, as they navigate their complex emotional states and tumultuous pasts. The opening of the play introduces us to Ludovico Nota, a novelist, and Ersilia Drei, a young woman who has just been released from the hospital after a turbulent episode in her life. The setting is a dimly lit room filled with old furniture. The atmosphere is tense and filled with the noise of the bustling city outside, which contrasts with the characters' internal turmoil. Ersilia, who appears to have just come from a crisis, reflects on her past traumas, while Ludovico expresses an eager yet complicated interest in her story. Their conversation reveals not only the depth of Ersilia's despair but also suggests Ludovico's desire to help her, even as both characters grapple with the implications of their intertwined lives. The narrative unfolds with dialogues that expose their emotional wounds and hint at the broader societal pressures shaping their destinies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 61.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2021-04-08