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The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First

Note 37 — Part II. THE ITALIAN COMMEDIA DELL' ARTE OR IMPROMPTU COMEDY.

John Addington Symonds translation

It was my good fortune, while writing these pages at Davos in the summer of 1888, to become acquainted with two brothers from Bergamo, who were living representatives of the Zanni. They had come to help at the hay-harvest, leaving their own farm in the Bergamasque hills. Brighella's wit and knavery amused me. I marvelled at Arlecchino's simplicity and suppleness.

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