The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis
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Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis (The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis) is an
Zurich
(1816) and a third one in London (1817).
The model was
. The autobiographic elements reflect into the novel.Ortis is composed of letters written by Jacopo to his friend Lorenzo Alderani; the last chapter is the description of the young man's last hours and suicide written by Lorenzo.
The plot is located in the countryside near
Colli Euganei
to escape political persecutions. Here he meets a girl, named Teresa, and her family. The two youths fall in love, but this love is impossible, since the girl is fiancée to Odoardo, and Jacopo is in no condition to offer her a marriage.
In despair, Jacopo travels through Italy (then divided into various little states) and visits many cities, among them
Ventimiglia. After a deep meditation about nature, history and human fate, he resolves to go back to Veneto
. He visits Teresa, then his mother. Finally he commits suicide.
Sources
- Ugo Foscolo, Opere, Ricciardi Editore, Milano-Napoli, 1974
- (in Italian) Giulio Ferroni, Profilo storico della letteratura italiana, Einaudi Scuola, Milano, 1992
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