Author:Matteo Bandello

Matteo Bandello
(1485–1561)

Italian author of novellas, which served as the basis for plays by Shakespeare, Webster, Fletcher and others.

Matteo Bandello

Works

  • "La sfortunata morte di due infelicissimi amanti, che l’uno di veleno, e l’altro di dolore morirono: con varii accidenti" (in Italian)
  • Certain Tragical Discourses of Bandello (1567, 1898), translated by Geoffrey Fenton (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
  • Love in its variety, being a collection of select novels (1727), translated by Eliza Haywood IA
  • The Novels of Matteo Bandello, Bishop of Agen (1890), translated by John Payne (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
  • Matteo Bandello: Twelve Stories (1895), translated by Percy Pinkerton (transcription project)


Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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