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Ludovico Ariosto

Born

in Reggio Emilia, duchy of Modena and Reggio

September 09, 1474

Died

July 06, 1533

Genre

Poetry

Influences

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Known Italian writer Ludovico Ariosto, or Lodovico Ariosto first published Orlando Furioso his primary epic comic poem, in 1516.

He best authored the romance. This continuation of Orlando Innamorato of Matteo Maria Boiardo describes the adventures of Charlemagne and the Franks, who battle against the Saracens, with diversions into many side plots. Ariosto composed in the ottava rima scheme and introduced narrator commentary throughout the work.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 5,058 ratings · 313 reviews · 1,047 distinct works • Similar authors

	Orlando Furioso 4.03 avg rating — 3,786 ratings — published 1516 — 497 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orlando Furioso: Part One (Orlando Furioso, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 1516 — 147 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orlando Furioso: Part Two (Orlando Furioso, #2) by Ludovico Ariosto, Barbara Reynolds (Introduction) 4.18 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1516 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Satire by Ludovico Ariosto, Cesare Segre (Editor) 3.91 avg rating — 69 ratings — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Lena by Ludovico Ariosto, Guido Davico Bonino (Editor) 3.21 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1528 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinque Canti / Five Cantos (Biblioteca Italiana #8) 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1545 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Supposes (Carleton Renaissance Plays in Translation #33) by Ludovico Ariosto, George Gascoigne (Translator), Donald Beecher (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1509 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cassaria 3.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1508 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orlando Furioso e Cinque canti by Ludovico Ariosto, Remo Ceserani (Editor), Sergio Zatti (Editor) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il Negromante 2.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1520 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Ludovico Ariosto

Orlando Furioso (2 books)
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Ludovico Ariosto,

Barbara Reynolds (Introduction)

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Quotes by Ludovico Ariosto (?)

“Nature made him, and then broke the mold.”
― Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso

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“La luna non è che il complemento della terra, il suo rovescio speculare, il luogo dove s’aduna tutto ciò che sulla terra si perde.”
― Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso

tags: italian

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“Ah, how I rue that what I could have done I did not do!”
― Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso: Part One

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