The Late Mattia Pascal

About “The Late Mattia Pascal”

The novel The Novel of Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello tells the story of Mattia Pascal, who leaves home after a fight with his wife Romilda. He goes to Monaco and wins thousands of lire. After receiving a news report announcing his death—though the article refers to the body of a man who committed suicide by jumping into a well—Mattia decides to fake his own death. He changes his name to Adriano Meis and moves to Rome to start a new life.