Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello (most inspirational books of all time .TXT) 📕

hide The Child. She sobs. Then.⁠ ⁠… A revolver shot rings out behind the trees where The Boy is hidden. The Mother With a cry of terror runs over in that direction together with several of the Actors amid general confusion. My son! My son! Then amid the cries and exclamations one hears her voice. Help! Help! The Manager Pushing the Actors aside while they lift up The Boy and carry him off. Is he really wounded? Some Actors He’s dead! dead! Other Actors No, no, it’s only make believe, it’s only pretence! The Father With a terrible cry. Pretence? Reality, sir, reality! The Manager Pretence? Reality? To hell with it all! Never in my life has such a thing happened to me. I’ve lost a whole day over these people, a whole day! Curtain. Colophon

Six Characters in Search of an Author
was published in 1922 by
Luigi Pirandello.
It was translated from Italian in 1922 by
Edward Storer.

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The cover page is adapted from
Parade de cirque,
a painting completed around 1887⁠–⁠88 by
Georges Seurat.
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League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy
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