Novelle di Matteo Bandello. Parte prima. Volume 1
- Author: Matteo Bandello
- ISBN: 9780543836281
- ISBN: 9780543836274
- Book details: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Giovanni Silvestri in Milano, 1813. This book is in Italian. This book contains 438 pages.
- Edition: Elibron Classics
- Book ID: 10033864
Matteo Bandello penned the stories, supposedly overheard at parties, which provided the bases for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, and Much Ado about Nothing. These tales are among 214 collected in his volume Novelle; also published is his collection of poems, which indicate strong Petrarchan influence.