The Fall (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alberto Moravia
- First Published: 1940
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: Unspecified
- Setting: Italy
- Principal Characters: Tancredi, His mother, Veronica
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Guilt, Obsession, Cats, Revenge, Health, Italy or Italians, Boys, Arms or weapons, Rats or mice
- Locales: Italy
The Story
Tancredi, a young Italian boy, has been ill for a few months, so his parents get a villa near the ocean for the remainder of his recuperation. During his illness, he has changed from a willful, capricious boy with curly hair to a short-haired, scrawny, and listless youth. He feels obsessed, guilty, and remorseful but does not know about what.
The villa into which he, his mother, and her maid move belongs to an antique dealer who allows them to stay there in return for favors that the family has done for him. The antique dealer has been using the massive,...
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