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Matilde Serao (1856–1927)
Serao, Matilde (ser-ä’ō). An Italian novelist; born at Patras in Greece, March 7, 1856; died in 1927. Her best stories are those descriptive of Neapolitan life: as ‘Faint Heart’ (1881); ‘Fantasy’ (1883); ‘Neapolitan Legends’ (1886); ‘Opal’; ‘Little Minds’; ‘Fool’s Paradise’; ‘Ballet Girl’ (1899); ‘After the Pardon’ (1906); ‘The Desire of Life.’ (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).