Regarded as one of Europe's great modernists, Pirandello was also a master storyteller, a fine observer of the drama of daily life with a remarkable sense of the crushing burdens of class, gender, and social conventions. Set in the author's birthplac...

Composed during a period of extended bed rest, Gabriele D'Annunzio's "Notturno" is a moving prose poem in which imagination, experience, and remembrance intertwine. The sombre atmosphere of the poem reflects the circumstances of its creation. With hi...