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    Summarized & Analyzed "My Brilliant Friend"
    Summarized & Analyzed "My Brilliant Friend"
    Summarized & Analyzed "My Brilliant Friend"
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    “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante was first published in 2012. It happens to be the first novel in “Neapolitan Quartet,” a four part series.

    The other three novels in the series are The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child, published in 2013, 2014, and 2015 respectively.

    The major part of these novels is set in the city of Naples, Italy. They revolve around a very complicated friendship between two women. The books were originally written in Italian language.

    Summarized & Analyzed "My Brilliant Friend”
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    Chapter One: Introduction
    Chapter Two: Plot Overview
    Chapter Three: Major Characters
    Chapter Four: Complete Summary
    Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateJan 20, 2017
    ISBN9781370217533
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      If you want to know about the content of "My brilliant friend" this is good start, however if you are looking for some deeper analysis this is just a begging, because there is too much describing of the narrative and too little concrete facts about the type of the characters, themes, places (ex. Napoli vs. Pisa/Milan/ Florence and also their citizens).

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    Chapter One: Introduction

    Chapter Two: Plot Overview

    Chapter Three: Major Characters

    Chapter Four: Complete Summary

    Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

    Chapter One: Introduction

    My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante was first published in 2012. It happens to be the first novel in Neapolitan Quartet, a four part series.

    The other three novels in the series are The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child, published in 2013, 2014, and 2015 respectively.

    The major part of these novels is set in the city of Naples, Italy. They revolve around a very complicated friendship between two women. The books were originally written in Italian language.

    Ann Goldstein translated these novels into English. The present book My Brilliant Friend is a very absorbing one and it can be called a page-turner. The detailed narrative is filled with abundant and generous details. The characterization is highly admirable.

    The interesting writing style appeals to its numerous young readers. When the book was published in 2012, most of reviews were highly positive. There was a kind of excitement among its readers who began to wait for the following book in the continuation of the series.

    The book was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The elements of historical fiction make this novel more emphatic and meaningful.

    It can also be categorized as a coming-of-age novel. The major characters in this novel keep on developing as the story proceeds. The inclusion of strong feminist elements makes this novel more interesting.

    The present book and the other three books have not been adapted into a movie, but the author expects the series of these novels to be made into a miniseries for television.

    Chapter Two: Plot Overview

    Elena Ferranti is now considered as one of the most acclaimed authors in Italy. My Brilliant Friend tells a rich, intense, and generous story of two friends, Elena and Lila. The author has presented highly meticulous portraits of these two women in this story. The novel explores the nature of their friendship very extensively, providing very rich details.

    Elena Greco and Lila Cerrullo are long time friends. Lila Cerrullo is also known as Raffaella and Lina.

    As the novel opens, Elena learns that her friend, Lila, has disappeared without leaving any trace behind. These are unprecedented circumstances, and they inspire Elena to start writing the history of her friendship with Lila.

    She begins writing from the time of their childhood in Naples, Italy, in the 1950s. Elena and Lila get to know one another in grade school. Both of them live in the same neighbourhood. It is a very rough, working-class neighbourhood.

    Violence and clashes are very common in their neighbourhood. Many of the families living in the

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