The Old and the Young (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, European Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Luigi Pirandello
- First Published: 1913
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical chronicle
- Time of Work: 1891-1892
- Setting: Sicily and Rome
- Principal Characters: Flaminio Salvo, Roberto Capolino, Prince Auriti, Prince Gerlando Laurentano, Dianella Ippolito Laurentano, Aurelio Salvo, Mauro Costa, Mortara
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Politics, Socialism, Nineteenth century, Revolutions, Elections, Politicians, Corruption, Italy or Italians, Strikes or lockouts, Rome
- Locales: Rome, Italy, Italy, Sicily, Italy
The Story:
As late as the last decade of the nineteenth century the political air of Italy and Sicily was troubled by the events of the Garibaldi uprisings of 1848 and 1860. There were still people of influence who looked back a half century to the time when the Bourbons had dominated Italy. There were also those who had followed Garibaldi in his revolution, and now, among the younger people, there were those who had become Socialists and took to heart all the preachings of that doctrine. Italian politics were as confused as they were corrupt.
In Sicily, where a...
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